To equip a pedestrian with shelter, bedding, utensils, food, and other necessities, in a pack so light and small that he can carry it without overstrain, is really a fine art.

The man who goes afoot, prepared to camp anywhere and in any weather, is the most independent fellow on earth.

It is one of the blessings of wilderness life that it shows us how few things we need in order to be perfectly happy.

The man with the knapsack is never lost. No matter whither he may stray, his food and shelter are right with him, and home is wherever he may choose to stop.

In the school of the woods, there is no graduation day.

You may loan your last dollar to a friend; but never loan him your axe, unless you are certain that he knows how to use it.

Knicks and dull edges are abominations, so use knives and hatchets for nothing but they were made for.

God doesn't like it when we ask Him for the smallest things, dare to make your dream so big that He can conveniently fit into it and make your dream come true.

Energy is what I believe all of us are. We're just conscious awareness dancing for itself for no other reason but to stay amused.

When you make a bet, you're saying something.

Beautiful, damn hard, increasingly useful. That's fractals.

Never say never. I always want to look like myself - that's key for me. I don't want to look like a different person, I don't want my face frozen.

I was so drunk last night I fell down and missed the floor.

We have made major reforms in Greece. When I took over after a landslide victory we had a mandate for change and I knew my major focus would be re-organizing the state.

You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.

June smiled. "So what will it be? Safety, or a future of pain and possibility?"

In the longer run and for wide-reaching issues, more creative solutions tend to come from imaginative interdisciplinary collaboration.