An oak is no respecter of persons.

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.

The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?

There can be no doubt that a society rooted in the soil is more stable than one rooted in pavements.

There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.

The first law of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

Action is the pulse of any good story, but the character is the heart. If the action has no consequence to the character, the story loses heart.

Hell was invented to scare to death the unruly human mind and bring it to obedience.

Come dance with me, " he says, taking my hand, and someday I'll explain to him that I already am.

I like to swim a lot, while Stjepan likes to take long walks with girls. He's the very romantic type. Yes, musicians are romantic.

Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.

I do believe you can be attracted by somebody at first sight. We have all done it.

A white man killed the mules and our cows that knocked us right back down. And things got so tough then I began to wish I was white.

Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.

Life gives us what we need when we need it; receiving what it gives us is a whole other thing.

Life is a ladder, it's not a bed