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- 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…
- Beauty is composed of many things and never stands alone. It is part of horizons, blue in the distance, great primeval silences, knowledge of all…
- In wilderness people can find the silence and the solitude and the noncivilized surroundings that can connect them once again to their evolutionary heritage, and…
- There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance, adventure, solitude, and peace. The…
- When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known.
- At times on quiet waters one does not speak aloud but only in whispers, for then all noise is sacrilege.
- Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons
- And so when we talk about intangible values remember that they cannot be separated from the others. The conservation of waters, forests, soils, and wildlife…
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- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle