Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons. It is what we leave behind that is important. I think the matter of simplicity goes further than just food, equipment, and unnecessary… — 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
