Gigantic second and third growth trees are found in the redwoods, forming magnificent temple-like circles around charred ruins more than a thousand years old.

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.

Fine! I'll throw on some clothes. Turn around. I'm in my pj's""I'm a guy. That's like asking a kid not to glance at the candy counter.

This is the basis for the most important critique of microfinance. The poor are not entrepreneurs. The idea that more than a few will turn tiny loans into a viable business is simply unrealistic.

The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else.

I know my strong points: I work hard, I have talent, I'm funny, and I'm a good person.

Unlicensed, illegal immigrants are the safest drivers on the road.

Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.

A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays.

'E's all'ot sand an' ginger when alive, An''e's generally shammin' when'e's dead.

God puts his ear so closely down to your lips that he can hear your faintest whisper.

Do anything better than it was ever done before and youll get rich.