In the school of the woods, there is no graduation day.

The man who goes afoot, prepared to camp anywhere and in any weather, is the most independent fellow on earth.

It is one of the blessings of wilderness life that it shows us how few things we need in order to be perfectly happy.

The man with the knapsack is never lost. No matter whither he may stray, his food and shelter are right with him, and home is wherever he may choose to stop.

You may loan your last dollar to a friend; but never loan him your axe, unless you are certain that he knows how to use it.

Knicks and dull edges are abominations, so use knives and hatchets for nothing but they were made for.

To equip a pedestrian with shelter, bedding, utensils, food, and other necessities, in a pack so light and small that he can carry it without overstrain, is really a fine art.

The heart has eyes which the brain knows nothing of

We're all eaters. That's our bond. Let's be real.

I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.

I'm not wild about hand-held shots.

Rumors have restarted that the Republican ticket will not be Bush-Cheney. But today those rumors were put to rest when Cheney said, 'No, I'm keeping him on the ticket.'

Parents should not agonize over anything a child does or fails to do if the child is perfectly capable of agonizing over it himself.

The true comic muse is the one with tears running down under her laughing mask.

Ah, there’s the governess voice. All stern and disapproving. It makes me feel like a naughty schoolboy.

When we see the Beloved in each person, it's like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us.

What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.