All men are brothers, we like to say, half-wishing sometimes in secret it were not true. But perhaps it is true. And is the evolutionary line from protozoan to Spinoza any less certain? That also may be true. We are obliged, therefore, to spread the news, painful and bitter though it may be for some to hear, that all living things on earth are kindred.

There are some places so beautiful they can make a grown man break down and weep.

What our economists call a depressed area almost always turns out to be a cleaner, freer, more livable place than most.

The knowledge that refuge is available, when and if needed, makes the silent inferno of the desert more easily bearable. Mountains complement desert as desert complements city, as wilderness complements and completes civilization.

‎"If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture--that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves." E.Abbey

Nothing could be more reckless than to base one's moral philosophy on the latest pronouncements of science.

The world exists for its own sake, not for ours. Swallow *that* pill!