The first law of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts

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

There are men charged with the duty of examining the construction of the plants, animals, and soils which are the instruments of the great orchestra. These men are called professors. Each selects one instrument and spends his life taking it apart and describing its strings and sounding boards. This process of dismemberment is called research. The place for dismemberment is called a university.

Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient.

That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics.

I do not imply that this philosophy of land was always clear to me. It is rather the end result of a life journey.

It is, by common consent, a good thing for people to get back to nature.