The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.

The grand show is eternal It is always sunrise somewhere

I’d rather be in the mountains thinking of God, than in church thinking about the mountains.

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.

Wilderness is a necessity... there must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls.

Death changes nothing but the masks that cover our faces.

Either you must control your thoughts or the outside forces will control them and be warned that the outside forces are usually negative.

People have two sides, a good side and a bad side, a past, a future. We must embrace both in someone we love.

You want to finish something when it's good. You don't want to be the last one at the party!

What I want to do, is play music for somebody who believe in me.

Don't knock the power of a pest," Leif said. "Persistance and stubborness can be useful in many situations.

If only one little unhappy child is made happy with the love of Jesus,...will it not be worth...giving all for that?

Go into yourself. Dig into yourself for a deep answer

I have no wisdom and nothing useful to tell you - I only mentioned this because it came into my head.

What made us dream that he could comb gray hair?