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.

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.

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

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.

It frightened him to think what must have gone to the making of her eyes.

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

Cleanliness is not next to godliness nowadays, for cleanliness is made an essential and godliness is regarded as an offence.

Imagination might be scarier than reality ... but not by much.

Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.

Obama's coalition would have consigned him to the political margins as little as 12 years ago, but the nation's demographic changes are moving far more quickly than most Republicans anticipated.

Productivity is a relative matter. And it's really insignificant: What is ultimately important is a writer's strongest books.

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

I've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time.

Because of the Cross, God can be both just towards sin and yet mercifully justifying to sinners.