I choose to listen to the river for a while, thinking river thoughts, before joining the night and the stars.

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!

Are people more important than the grizzly bear? Only from the point of view of some people.

What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.

The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.

Our big social institutions do not reflect human nature; they distort it.

If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would have little power to dominate others. Neither to serve nor to rule: That was the American dream.