We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive.

There are two things that interest me: the relation of people to each other, and the relation of people to land.

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.

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.

Once you learn to read the land, I have no fear of what you will do to it, or with it. And I know many pleasant things it will do to you.

Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals.