Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons

Awareness is becoming acquainted with environment, no matter where one happens to be.

There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance, adventure, solitude, and peace. The way of a canoe is the way of the wilderness and of a freedom almost forgotten. It is an antidote to insecurity, the open door to waterways of ages past and a way of life with profound and abiding satisfactions. When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known.

At times on quiet waters one does not speak aloud but only in whispers, for then all noise is sacrilege.

The way of a canoe is the way of the wilderness, and of a freedom almost forgotten.

Not only has wilderness been a force in molding our character as a people, but its influence continues, and will, if we are wise enough to preserve it on this continent, be a stabilizing power as well as a spiritual reserve for the future.

Awareness is becoming acquainted with environment, no matter where one happens to be. Man does not suddenly become aware or infused with wonder; it is something we are born with.