Concrete is heavy; iron is hard - but the grass will prevail.

The national parks belong to everyone. To the people. To all of us. The government keeps saying so and maybe, in this one case at least, the government is telling the truth. Hard to believe, but possible.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

In all of nature, there is no sound more pleasing than that of a hungry animal at its feed. Unless you are the food.

There has never yet been a human society worthy of the name of civilization. Civilization remains a remote ideal.

The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others.

Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork chops and spinach for breakfast. Why not? And why the hell not?