Welcome! I am a contemplative thinker and photographer from Colorado. In this blog, you'll discover photographs that I've taken on my hiking and backpacking trips, mostly in the American West. I've paired these with my favorite inspirational and philosophical quotes - literary passages that emphasize the innate spirituality of the natural world. I hope you enjoy them!

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In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Be still and cool in your own mind and spirit, and you will feel the principle of God . . .


"Be still and cool in your own mind and spirit from your own thoughts, and then you will feel the principle of God to turn your mind to the Lord God from whom life comes; whereby you may receive his strength and power to allay all blusterings, storms, and tempests."

George Fox, 17th century
Founder of the Friends (Quakers)


"There is a principle which is pure - placed in the human mind, which in different places and ages hath had different names. It is, however, pure, and proceeds from God. It is deep and inward, confined to no forms of religion, nor excluded from any, when the heart stands in perfect sincerity. In whomsoever this takes root and grows, they become brethren."

John Woolman, 18th century
Quaker writer





"Words may help and silence may help, but the one thing needful is that the heart should turn to its Maker as the needle turns to the pole. For this we must be still."

Caroline Stephen, 19th century
Quaker writer





Photos: Red cliffs and Watson Lake, Bellvue, CO, December 28, 2014

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