Society as we know it is almost a conspiracy against human health. One of the main forces working to counteract that is the trailsman.

Mining is like a search-and-destroy mission.

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.

Over the long haul of life on the planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants.

Cherish sunsets, wild creatures, and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth!

The National Park Service today exemplifies one of the highest traditions of public service.

A land ethic for tomorrow should...stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life.

Wilderness, like the national park system, was an American idea.

It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality.

The real story of the settlement of the West was work, not conquest

It gives me satisfaction to help people.

I can’t help but to wonder with my thoughts.

My nose is broken, " I said. Damn that Dumbo. Made me self-conscious."My ankle's broken, " he said."Then I'll come to you.

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

If it's wrong to wreck the planet, it's wrong to profit from the wreckage.

When the other man has none, you don't need a gun.

Spiritual leadership is moving people on to God's agenda.

A lake is a landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.

How you define a problem shapes how you address it.

I've certainly experienced physical pain in my life.

I wish I could sing or play an instrument.