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

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.

It is part of wisdom never to revisit a wilderness, for the more golden the lily, the more certain that someone has gilded it

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

Wildlife administration, in this respect, is not yet a profession.

All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts.

Your woodlot is, in fact, an historical document which faithfully records your personal philosophy.