“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself.”
― Desert Solitaire
― Desert Solitaire
“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.”
― The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West
― The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West
“The only way you can follow both Trump and Jesus is if you’ve never read either of their books.”
― Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
― Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
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