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Sigurd F. Olson Quotes: If we can change our priorities, achieve balance and understanding in our roles as human beings in a complex world, the coming era can well be that of a richer civilization, not its end.
         

If we can change our priorities, achieve balance and understanding in our roles as human beings in a complex world, the coming era can well be that of a richer civilization, not its end.


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Wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium.



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



As long as there are young men with the light of adventure in their eyes and a touch of wildness in their souls, rapids will be run.

As long as there are young men with the light of adventure in their eyes and a touch of wildness in their souls, rapids will be run.



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



It was Indian summer, a bluebird sort of day as we call it in the north, warm and sunny, without a breath of wind; the water was sky-blue, the shores a bank of solid gold.

It was Indian summer, a bluebird sort of day as we call it in the north, warm and sunny, without a breath of wind; the water was sky-blue, the shores a bank of solid gold.



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When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known.



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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.





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Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.



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We need young people to be involved, and we have to expect that young people are going to be impatient, they don't want to wait, and they've got new ideas and new ways of looking at problems.




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