Do we realize that industry, which has been our good servant, might make a poor master?

We stand guard over works of art, but species representing the work of aeons are stolen from under our noses

Health is the capacity of the land for self-renewal.

Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization. Wilderness was never a homogenous raw material. It was very diverse. The differences in the product are known as cultures. The rich diversity of the worlds cultures reflects a corresponding diversity. In the wilds that gave them birth.

We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish.