Study how a society uses its land, and you can come to pretty reliable conclusions as to what its future will be.

Everything can be seen directly except the eye through which we see.

The substance of man cannot be measured by Gross National Product.

By means of trees, wildlife could be conserved, pollution decreased, and the beauty of our landscapes enhanced. This is the way, or at least one of the ways, to spiritual, moral, and cultural regeneration.

Many of them had a better time than they ever had in their lives because they were discovering the new freedom - the less you need, the freer you become.

Work and leisure are complementary parts of the same living process and cannot be separated without destroying the joy of work and the bliss of leisure.

Much of the economic decay of southeast Asia (as of many other parts of the world) is undoubtedly due to a heedless and shameful neglect of trees.