The richest values of wilderness lie not in the days of Daniel Boone, nor even in the present, but rather in the future.

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.

Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.

Religion without art is a dead system of dogmas which have no effect on life.

My mind is pretty made up that life for Cathy Freeman will be as an unmarried woman from now on.

My family lives a pretty normal life.

You know, being an entrepreneur is super hard work, and if you're not passionate about what you're doing, you're probably not going to succeed.

Psychological knowledge has made us dull.

There is very little difference between one who cannot read and one who will not read.

Everything has a purpose. And that purpose has a story that goes along with it. It just depends on what your passion is.

There's something final about saying you were married once. It's like saying you were dead once. It shuts them up.

I think the worst thing you can do is take an arrogant approach and not give people enough content to wrap their heads around.