Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence is always beautiful at such times.

The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chainsaws. It is not enough to understand the natural world; the point is to defend and preserve it. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

Humans were free before the word freedom became necessary.

I wait. Now the night flows back, the mighty stillness embraces and includes me; I can see the stars again and the world of starlight. I am twenty miles or more from the nearest fellow human, but instead of loneliness I feel loveliness. Loveliness and a quiet exultation.

Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

A crowded society is a restrictive society; an overcrowded society becomes an authoritarian, repressive and murderous society.