All wilderness seems to be full of tricks and plans to drive and draw us up into God's light.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.

The grand show is eternal It is always sunrise somewhere

I’d rather be in the mountains thinking of God, than in church thinking about the mountains.

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.

Wilderness is a necessity... there must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls.

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.

To control yourself, control your fear first.

I love Pittsburgh. Most of my family still lives there and I try to get back a couple of times a year.

I needed to temper (my dad's) enthusiasm a bit (about attending Princeton), and so I announced that I would be majoring in patricide...My mom was actually jealous.

The loveliest hair is nothing, if the wearer is incapable of a grace.

If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.

The real joy in life comes from giving. It comes from service. It comes from doing things for other people. That is what is so powerful about this. Nothing will make you happier than giving.

My body may have been abused, but it certainly hasn't been neglected.

I think understanding or comprehension is probably the strongest emotion that you feel, or at least some kind of empathy.

Pray to God and make your heart as pure as the star.