It is part of wisdom never to revisit a wilderness, for the more golden the lily, the more certain that someone has gilded it

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.

To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things.

Why be broken when you can be gold?

Because the body is the end product of intelligence and how that intelligence shapes your reality will shape the reality of the body.

One man's pointlessness is another's barbed satire.

You can’t coach guts and commitment.

I'll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.

Only one party sticks out in my mind as a kid. It was the best party ever. I was 5 years old, and my mom dressed me up in a church dress and stockings to go to the party and park.

Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?

I was always enamored with TV shows and movies. But you didn't grow up in my town and turn into an actor.

Between funny and witty Falls the shadow