The lessons we learn from the wild become the etiquette of freedom.

In Western Civilization, our elders are books.

Grandfather Space. The Mind is his Wife

With no surroundings there can be no path, and with no path one cannot become free.

I don't know of any other city where you can walk through so many culturally diverse neighborhoods, and you're never out of sight of the wild hills. Nature is very close here.

Why should the peculiarities of human consciousness be the narrow standard by which other creatures are judged?

Place and the scale of space must be measured against our bodies and their capabilities.