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.

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.

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

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.

To get what you want, you better learn from the experience.

All good is gained by those whose thought and life are kept pointed close to one main thing not scattered abroad upon a thousand.

I love going to the factories of La Plata, or Little Havana and seeing them roll cigars. I get excited. To me it is more beautiful than a topless club

We can make sure that people who don't have health insurance can buy into an insurance pool that gives them better bargaining power.

You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don't think him competent.

Plato and Hitler were both the same kind of consistent socialists who planned also for the production of future socialists, the breeding and education of future members of society.

No person I have ever met, not even the most righteous or pure of heart, has gone without those times when faith recedes in the busy-ness of life.

That's writing for you: when you make space for passion, it doesn't turn up.

Even if your watch is full of diamonds the hour is still 60 minutes