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 it on this continent, be a stabilizing power as well as a spiritual… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
Joys come from simple and natural things: mists over meadows, sunlight on leaves, the path of the moon over water. — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
At times on quiet waters one does not speak aloud but only in whispers, for then all noise is sacrilege. — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
“Joys come from simple and natural things; mist over meadows, sunlight on leaves, the path of the moon over water. Even rain and wind… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
Ethical and moral questions and how we answer them may determine whether primal scenes will continue to be a source of joy and comfort… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
Awareness is becoming acquainted with environment, no matter where one happens to be. Man does not suddenly become aware or infused with wonder; it… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
Wilderness can be appreciated only by contrast, and solitude understood only when we have been without it. We cannot separate ourselves from society, comradeship,… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
While we are born with curiosity and wonder and our early years full of the adventure they bring, I know such inherent joys are… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
If we can change our priorities, achieve balance and understanding in our roles as human beings in a complex world, the coming era can… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
Summer means promises fulfilled, objectives gained, hopes realized. The surge of doing and achieving, of watching and enjoying is finally replaced by a sense… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
Awareness is becoming acquainted with the environments, no matter where one happens to be. — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
Awareness is becoming acquainted with environment, no matter where one happens to be. — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
As long as there are young men with the light of adventure in their eyes and a touch of wildness in their souls, rapids… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
Even rain and wind and stormy clouds bring joy, just as knowing animals and flowers and where they live. — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance, adventure, solitude, and peace.… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
