Brigham Young lived to become immortal in history as an American Moses by leading his people through the wilderness into an unpromised… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
God is entirely and personally present in the wilderness, in the garden, in the field. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A clear stream, a long horizon, a forest wilderness and open sky - these are man's most ancient possessions. In a modern… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Tom Kizzia hasn't just observed and written about Alaska for three-plus decades, he's lived it. 'Pilgrim's Wilderness' is a story that needed… — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
“Oh, I’m burning! I wish I were out of doors! I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and… — Emily Brontë Copy Share Image
I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If Earth is considered a closed system, there will be less for all forever. The frontier is closed, the wilderness is gone,… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
I am a willow of the wilderness, Loving the wind that bent me. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When man ventures into the wilderness, climbs the ridges, and sleeps in the forest, he comes in close communion with his Creator.… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
But that Franklin trip changed me profoundly. As I believe wilderness experience changes everyone. Because it puts us in our place. The… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Where are now the warriors of the world of the spirit? Where are those who raise their voices for truth, who lead… — Lu Xun Copy Share Image
Inspired by John Muir's A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, John Davis walks, bikes, and kayaks on a 'voyage of recovery' from… — Michael Brune Copy Share Image
Obviously a garden is not the wilderness but an assembly of shapes, most of them living, that owes some share of its… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One function, at least, of true wilderness is to provide a refuge from the crassitudes of civilization-whether visible, intangible, audible-whether of billboard,… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
Just because I’m Native American doesn’t mean I can track furniture through the wilderness.” She deepened her voice: “‘Yes, kemosabe. A three-legged… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The only fountain in the wilderness of life, where man drinks of water totally unmixed with bitterness, is that which gushes for… — William Penn Copy Share Image
I grew up in the north woods of Canada. You had to know certain things about survival. Wilderness survival courses weren't very… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Dragons are more dangerous, and a good deal commoner, than bears. Fantasy is nearer to poetry, to mysticism, and to insanity than… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
As President, I was able to save with the stroke of the pen a hundred million acres of wilderness area in Alaska.… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the… — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
Las Vegas suggests that the thirst for places, for cities and gardens and wilderness, is unslaked, that people will still seek out… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I remember so vividly playing a scene with Jimmy Stewart. I was in the back of a covered wagon, and we were… — Julie Adams Copy Share Image
...short-sighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if permitted, rob our country of half its charm by their reckless extermination… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Part of the beauty of wilderness schooling is that the overheads are very low. You want a classroom? Build a shelter from… — Ben Fogle Copy Share Image
