"In medieval times, if someone displayed the symptoms we now identify as boredom, that person was thought to be committing something called acedia, a 'dangerous form of spiritual alienation' -- a devaluing of the world and its creator.""
— Richard Louv

"If getting our kids out into nature is a search for perfection, or is one more chore, then the belief in perfection and the chore defeats the joy. It's a good thing to learn more about nature in order to share this knowledge with children; it's even better if the adult and child learn about nature together. And it's a lot more fun."
— Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder)

"The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses."
— Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder)