Only the most uncritical minds are free from doubt.

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.

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.

But lost children always find each other, in the dark, in the cold. It is as though they are magnetized, and can only attract their like.

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.

Going after 'the bad guy' has not been a real issue for me.

Scn is like HIV. Gets in there and screws up the immune system, perverts the law to its own ends. Forget government taking the lead role in bringing down scn, that task falls to you and me.

For most of the guys, killings got to be accepted. Murder was the only way that everybody stayed in line. You got out of line, you got whacked. Everybody knew the rules.

I know nothing about love and romance, so I prefer to stick to just comedy.

Sometimes we spend more time than we should defending the old thing, instead of working to take advantage of the new thing.

The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

I don't feel comfortable making empty music.