The rich diversity of the world's cultures reflects a corresponding diversity in the wilds that gave them birth.

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.

I don’t mind writing philosophical thoughts. If I don’t want to die like one.

What fascinates me about writing is wrestling thought into reality and creating a new world that is forever.

I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat.

Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle.

When you see two writers named on a movie, one of them did some drafts and got the boot.

It's time to take the 'Men Only' sign off the White House door.

I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker.

Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did.

One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.