Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons

- Sigurd F. Olson

Not only has wilderness been a force in molding our character as a people, but its influence continues, and will, if we are wise enough to preserve i…

- Sigurd F. Olson

Without love of the land, conservation lacks meaning or purpose, for only in a deep and inherent feeling for the land can there be dedication in pres…

- Sigurd F. Olson

At times on quiet waters one does not speak aloud but only in whispers, for then all noise is sacrilege.

- Sigurd F. Olson

In wilderness people can find the silence and the solitude and the noncivilized surroundings that can connect them once again to their evolutionary h…

- Sigurd F. Olson

And so when we talk about intangible values remember that they cannot be separated from the others. The conservation of waters, forests, soils, and w…

- Sigurd F. Olson

Joys come from simple and natural things: mists over meadows, sunlight on leaves, the path of the moon over water.

- Sigurd F. Olson

While we are born with curiosity and wonder and our early years full of the adventure they bring, I know such inherent joys are often lost. I also kn…

- Sigurd F. Olson

There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance, adventure, solitude, and peace. The way of a cano…

- Sigurd F. Olson