I have purposely presented the land ethic as a product of social evolution because nothing so important as an ethic is ever 'written'… It evolves in the minds of a thinking community.

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.

Nobody introduces us to inspiration…it glows in our thoughts, it lives in our heart, It is all around us in the form of sunshine, in the clouds. It changes our reality - choice lies with us.

I am convinced Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation.

Politics must be founded on the solid faith of God almighty

Misery, depression, elation all mine, refine confinement all my design.

A good example is more irritating than a bad one.

Only death reveals what a nothing the body of man is.

I do road gigs occasionally but I don't want to go out on the road for months at a time.

Drummers - sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.

I don't tend to stand still for very long.

I don't care if I die - look, I'm old - but you want your kids to have good times and a good life.