Prudence never kindled a fire in the human mind; I have no hope for conservation born of fear.

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.

Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.

Keeping records enhances the pleasure of the search and the chance of finding order and meaning in these events.

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.

Wilderness, then, assumes unexpected importance as a laboratory for the study of land - health.

In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial.