Wilderness areas are first of all a series of sanctuaries for the primitive arts of wilderness travel, especially canoeing and packing.

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.

It is a high spiritual truth that we create with our judgements.

You don't need to hold them, Just let them choose if they want to stay or be free.You're not a rope, You're a magnet.

Even innocent Adam is liker to forget God in a paradise, than Joseph in a prison, or Job upon a dunghill(376)[.]

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself.

We've got to provide additional help to small businesses so that they can afford to provide health insurance.

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.

I already felt disengaged with my contemporaries.

You project a version of yourself to the public to protect and insulate yourself a little bit. Actors come up with a version of themselves in order to protect the real person.

I'm about as far from being a flag-waver - you won't find any American flag pins in my drawer - as someone can be.