In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them.

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.

The faculty of art is to change events

A wise man is closer to God than a fool will ever be to himself.

Even knowing, as I do now, that grace, power, and, yes, love can hide the darkest elements of the human heart, I would do it all again.

The Boov frowned. 'Everybodies always is wanting to make a clone for to doing their work. If you are not wanting to do your work, why would a clone of you want to do your work?

I was once asked what I thought was the most disquieting thing you could see on the screen and I said, "An open door".

Overpopulation is perhaps the biggest problem facing us, and immigration is part of that problem. It has to be addressed.

Let me remember I am one with God. Our shining footprints point the way to truth, for God is our Companion as we walk the world a little while.

You perhaps now know that desire reduces us to pulp.

New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved.

Silence is only commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible.