Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The most distinctive, and perhaps the most impressive, characteristic of American scenery is its wilderness. — John Muir Copy Share Image
People say to us how brave we are, fighting the wilderness, braving the isolation of the Outback. But these are easy opponents,… — Sara Henderson Copy Share Image
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. — John Muir Copy Share Image
No human life, not even the life of the hermit in nature's wilderness, is possible without a world which directly or indirectly… — Hannah Copy Share Image
What the Indians are saying is that they are recognizing the right of wilderness to be wilderness. Wilderness is not an extension… — Paula Gunn Allen Copy Share Image
“Do not harbour any bitterness, it will lead you straight into the wilderness.” — Gift Gugu Mona Copy Share Image
Mechanized recreation already has seized nine-tenths of the woods and mountains; a decent respect for minorities should dedicate the other tenth to… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the… — Christopher Alexander Copy Share Image
...and best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Mountains have long been a geography for pilgrimage, place where people have been humbled and strengthened, they are symbols of the sacred… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation… — Nick Rahall Copy Share Image
The duty of man is not a wilderness of turnpike gates, through which he is to pass by tickets from one to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
If we're talking about Sinai, we can't understand it without the 1967 and 1973 wars, and you can't understand it without the… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
There are some dogs which, when you meet them, remind you that, despite thousands of years of man-made evolution, every dog is… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The Anglo-Saxon farmers had scarce conquered foothold, stronghold, freehold in the Western wilderness before they became sowers of hemp--with remembrance of Virginia,… — James Lane Allen Copy Share Image
“Maybe freedom really is nothing left to lose. You had it once in childhood, when it was okay to climb a tree,… — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
We as mountaineers have had a leading role in the destruction of the mountain wilderness environment that we practice our sport in. — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
Humans who spend time in the wilderness, alone, without man-made mechanical noise around them, often discover that their brain begins to recover… — Robert Anderson Copy Share Image