Do not let anyone tell you that these people made work of play. They simply realized that the most fun lies in seeing and studying the unknown.

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.

Western technology made slavery unnecessary

But here's the thing about crazy: It. Wants. Out.

I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.

I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since.

Do not pass between two brahmanas, between a brahmana and his sacrificial fire, between a wife and her husband, a master and his servant, and a plough and an ox.

My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered

If Hillary Clinton becomes president, how is she going to be able to get the country behind her when she seems like a political figure from another era?

I'm happiest when I'm just hanging out with my friends... it really doesn't matter what we do.

What did one shepherd say to the other shepherd? Let’s get the flock out of here.

Vanity is often the unseen spur.