Wilderness Quotes

534 Wilderness quotes by 322 unique authors

I come from pioneer stock, developers of the West, people who went out into the wilderness and set up home with nothing but a pair… — Joni Mitchell
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. — John Muir
To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. — John Muir
Wilderness designations should not be the result of a quid pro quo. They should rise or fall on their own merits. — Nick Rahall
They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and use it as a compass to locate other monuments and… — Hugh Sidey
I go on a hunting safari at least once a year to Botswana, which is fantastic because we have a huge area of wilderness entirely… — Wilbur Smith
I grew up in Rhodesia on my father's ranch and every year he used to take us on safari in some remote area of the… — Wilbur Smith
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. — Robert Louis Stevenson
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace. — Tacitus
In wildness is the preservation of the world. — Henry David Thoreau
Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling. — Henry David Thoreau
Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. — Stewart Udall
Wilderness is harder and harder to find these days on this beautiful planet, and we're abusing our planet to the point of almost no return. — Betty White
We all want Canaan without going through the wilderness. — Ravi Zacharias
I could go off into the wilderness and write fantasy novels for the rest of my life and probably be happy; but I always want… — Felicia Day
He is one of those who has had the wilderness for a pillow, and called a star his brother. Alone. But loneliness can be a… — Dag Hammarskjold
As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth . . . the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision… — Gary Snyder
Did you ever, in that wonderland wilderness of adolesence [sic] ever, quite unexpectedly, see something, a dusk sky, a wild bird, a landscape, so exquisite… — Truman Capote
what sets wilderness apart in the modern day is not that it's dangerous (it's almost certainly safer than any town or road) or that it's… — Bill McKibben
Wilderness and motors are incompatible and the former can best be experienced, understood and enjoyed when the machines are left behind where they belong --… — Edward Abbey
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization… — Edward Abbey
Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed ... We simply need that wild… — Wallace Stegner
I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind… — Charles Lindbergh
To be commanded to love God at all, let alone in the wilderness, is like being commanded to be well when we are sick, to… — Frederick Buechner
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces.… — Edward Abbey

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