I made these Sierra trips, carrying only a sackful of bread with a little tea and sugar, and was thus independent and free.

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.

As the sun hides behind clouds, success hides behind trouble.

Perfect sandwich? Two slices of white bread, mustard, mayo and a platinum American Express card.

Men talk of "finding God," but no wonder it is difficult; He is hidden in that darkest hiding-place, your heart. You yourself are a part of Him.

The question is really how do we think seriously about this mechanism called a market. It ought to be determining not values but prices.

All things must pass, all things must pass away.

I'm the worst person to tell anybody how to date.

Half of all species on Earth could disappear by the end of the century because of our collective impact.

The smell of moist earth and lilacs hung in the air like wisps of the past and hints of the future.

If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed by everything in the world and by the great majority of evangelicals. You're going to be opposed.

An ordinary fool isn't a faker; an honest fool is all right. But a dishonest fool is terrible!