If you want inner peace, find it in solitude, not speed, and if you would find yourself, look to the land from which you came and to which you go.

A limit on the automobile population of the United States would be the best of news for our cities. The end of automania would save open spaces, encourage wiser land use, and contribute greatly to ending suburban sprawl.

Cherish sunsets, wild creatures, and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth!

If you want inner peace, find it in solitude, not speed, and if you would find yourself, look to the land from which you came and to which you go.

For those who want to understand the issues of the environmental crisis, Encounters with the Archdruid is a superb book. McPhee reveals more nuances of the value revolution that dominates the new age of ecology than most writers could pack into a volume twice as long. I marvel at his capacity to listen intently and extract the essence of a man and his philosophy in the fewest possible words.

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.

It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality.