We . . . must try to live without causing unnecessary harm, not just to fellow humans but to all beings. We must try not to be stingy, or to exploit ….

You should really know what the complete natural world of your region is and know what all its interactions are and how you are interacting with it y….

Nature is orderly. That which appears to be chaotic in nature is only a more complex kind of order..

For several centuries Western civilization has had a drive for material accumulation, continual extensions of economic power, termed 'progress'...The….

Revolutionary consciousness is to be found among the most ruthlessly exploited masses: animals, trees, water, air, grasses.

Gratitude to the Great Sky who holds billions of stars - and goes yet beyond that - beyond all powers, and thoughts and yet is within us - Grandfathe….

Three-fourths of philosophy and literature is the talk of people trying to convince themselves that they really like the cage they were tricked into ….

The lessons we learn from the wild become the etiquette of freedom..

Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility..

Our relation to the natural world takes place in a place..

As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth . . . the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying….

But if you do know what is taught by plants and weather, you are in on the gossip and can feel truly at home. The sum of a field's forces [become] wh….

Wilderness is a place where the wild potential is fully expressed, a diversity of living and nonliving beings flourishing according to their own sort….

Range after range of mountains. Year after year after year. I am still in love..

When the mind is exhausted of images, it invents its own..

Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance beween spi….

Practically speaking, a life that is vowed to simplicity, appropriate boldness, good humor, gratitude, unstinting work and play, and lots of walking,….

True affluence is to not need anything..

Doom scenarios, even though they might be true, are not politically or psychologically effective. The first step . . . is to make us love the world r….

The best thing you can do for the planet is to stay home..

Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there..