A land ethic for tomorrow should...stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life.

Mining is like a search-and-destroy mission.

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.

Over the long haul of life on the planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants.

Cherish sunsets, wild creatures, and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth!

The National Park Service today exemplifies one of the highest traditions of public service.

Wilderness, like the national park system, was an American idea.

It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality.

The real story of the settlement of the West was work, not conquest

It gives me satisfaction to help people.

The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth.

The best that can be said of you is that you got saved.

The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race.

I'd love to have a child. Either one or 40. I love kids.

The foundation of the Buddha's teachings lies in compassion, and the reason for practicing the teachings is to wipe out the persistence of ego, the number-one enemy of compassion.

It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us.

Let us simplify our lives a little, let us make the changes necessary to focus on the simple, humble path of Christian discipleship.

Believe in yourself, then others will believe in yourself.

Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs," I said. "We have a protractor.

By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable. It's the perfect example of having your cake and eating it, too.

The main reason for people's lack of success is their willingness to give up what they want most of all, for what they want right now!