Hemispheric solidarity is new among statesmen, but not among the feathered navies of the sky.

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.

Always err on the side of generosity.

The most potent and sacred command which can be laid upon any artist is the command: wait.

I love my daddy. My daddy's everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad.

Safety and the assurance of safety are things of the past.

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude.

I'd been living on the streets of New York, and I was sleeping at my friends' houses, sometimes in the subway.

I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.

Money, of course, is never just money. It's always something else, and it's always something more, and it always has the last word.

If I could've made Muhammad Ali smaller I would have fought him.

All of our life is but a mass of small habits - practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual - that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.