Teach the student to see the land, understand what he sees, and enjoy what he understands.

For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun.

Every farm woodland, in addition to yielding lumber, fuel and posts, should provide its owner a liberal education. This crop of wisdom never fails, but it is not always harvested.

The sweetest hunts are stolen. To steal a hunt, either go far into the wilderness where no one has been, or else find some undiscovered place under everybody's nose

If the land mechanism as a whole is good then every part is good, whether we understand it or not.

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

Tell me of what plant-birthday a man takes notice, and I shall tell you a good deal about his vocation, his hobbies, his hay fever, and the general level of his ecological education.