It does not demean men to want to be what they imagine the wolf to be, but it does demean them to kill the animal for it.

The most intelligent thing we can do is love, not reason.

People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all - you're all settled, you know? You're going to be fine. I know that if I'm not confused, and really afraid, my work isn't going to be any good.

I know of no restorative of heart, body, and soul more effective against hopelessness than the restoration of the Earth.

My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we're doing on this planet.

The wolf exerts a powerful influence on the human imagination. It takes your stare and turns it back on you

Eden is a conversation. It is the conversation of the human with the Divine. And it is the reverberations of that conversation that create a sense of place. It is not a thing, Eden, but a pattern of relationships, made visible in conversation. To live in Eden is to live in the midst of good relations, of just relations scrupulously attended to, imaginatively maintained through time. Altogether we call this beauty.