He imagines a necessary joy in things that must fly to eat.

People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.

The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.

It may be that when we no longer know... which way to go we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.

Outdoors we are confronted everywhere with wonders; we see that the miraculous is not extraordinary, but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread.

Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

We need better government, no doubt about it. But we also need better minds, better friendships, better marriages, better communities.

You cannot save the land apart from the people, or the people apart from the land.

Unexpected wonders happen, not on schedule, or when you expect or want them to happen, but if you keep hanging around, they do happen.

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.

Intelligent men are dangerous.

I am touched that you are trying to comprehend me. A friend could not be more loving.

Sometimes you'll remove the log from your own eyes and to your amazement

His pride and her beauty had been in direct conflict, and his pride had remained the conqueror.

Abuse the innocent and create a monster.

All great achievements are the result of sustained focus over time-all of them.

I'm a big believer in dreaming. If you don't dream it, you can't become it.

The Jewish cabal is out to get me.

Why are you obsessed with fighting? Stick to fishing from now on!

Apparently there are three levels of brain activity. Level 1 is the lowest level - the amount of concentration required to, say, delete emails or serve in congress.