Nature takes no account of even the most reasonable of human excuses.

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being.

How anyone can profess to find animal life interesting and yet take delight in reducing the wonder of any animal to a bloody mass of fur or feathers?

To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone.

The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit.

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable.

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.