All living things on earth are kindred.

There are two kinds of people I cannot abide: bigots and any well-organized ethnic group.

If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.

Home is where, when you have to go there, you probably shouldn't.

One can imagine a sane, healthy, cheerful human society based on no more than the principles of common sense, as validated each day by work, play, and living experience. But this remains the most utopian and fantastic of ideals.

‎"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

I come more and more to the conclusion that wilderness, in America or anywhere else, is the only thing left that is worth saving.