Hemispheric solidarity is new among statesmen, but not among the feathered navies of the sky.

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. That is to say, you cannot love game and hate predators; you cannot conserve the waters and waste the ranges; you cannot build the forest and mine the farm. The land is one organism.

Two things hold promise of improving those lights. One is to apply science to land-use. The other is to cultivate a love of country a little less spangled with stars, and a little more imbued with that respect for mother-earth - the lack of which is, to me, the outstanding attribute of the machine-age.

The oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it.

For us in the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television.

We can be ethical only in relation to something we can see, feel, understand, love, or otherwise have faith in.

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.