A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and it…

- Howard Zahniser

The wilderness that has come to us out of the eternity of the past, we have the boldness to project into the eternity of the future.

- Howard Zahniser

We deeply need the humility to know ourselves as the dependent members of a great community of life, and this can indeed be one of the spiritual bene…

- Howard Zahniser

We must remember always that the essential quality of the wilderness is its wildness.

- Howard Zahniser

I believe we have a profound fundamental need for areas of the earth where we stand without our mechanisms that make us immediate masters over our en…

- Howard Zahniser

By very definition this wilderness is a need. The idea of wilderness as an area without man's influence is man's own concept. Its values are human va…

- Howard Zahniser