Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.

The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?

There can be no doubt that a society rooted in the soil is more stable than one rooted in pavements.

There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.

The first law of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

Flower will not grow, if the stem doesn't allow

The secret to making yourself stronger is to absorb the strength of the people around you—energy begets energy.

I never want to regret. 'Regret' is the ugliest word.

When the dead are afraid, you know there's a big problem.

Freedom is the right to never have to lie.

You can’t be a non-conformist if you don’t wear the proper uniform.

The heart that is at rest grows and develops from anything.

Your brain is much better than you think; just use it!

I hold that without truth and nonviolence there can be nothing but destruction of humanity.

If there is a bug in your code than you have to drop everything you're doing and go fix it.