Going into the woods, is going home

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.

Knowledge is a sacred gem that must be conquered, wielded and empowered. To access such gnosis is not a right, but a privilege of the evolved.

We should be carefulOf each other, we should be kindWhile there is still time

It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.

It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia.

I've had rooms that didn't come out to my liking.

I want you to go to the Ancient Languages Department at Trinity College tomorrow morning, Ms.Lane.

There will be days when the stuff is not flowing freely. What you do then is MAKE IT UP!

Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.

I don't know that I'm 'hangdog'. That suggests someone skulking around, unengaged. I'm not. I'm 'engaged', believe me. I have just got a slightly sad face.