Civilization Quote by David Wallace

Wilderness begins in the human mind.

— Edward Abbey

There is no wilderness. There is only our inability to fill the emptiness in which we live ...

— Octavian Paler

Wilderness is a necessity... there must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls...

— John Muir

For we need this thing wilderness far more than it needs us. Civilizations (like glaciers) come and go, but the mountain and its forest…

— Benton MacKaye

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A…

— Edward Abbey

Wilderness has become one of the world's fastest disappearing resources, and it is non-renewable. Yet unlike oil, gold or woodchips, it is essential to…

— Bob Brown

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

— Henry David Thoreau

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…

— Betty White

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

If we are willing to be still and open enough to listen, wilderness itself will teach us.

— Stephen Harper

By very definition this wilderness is a need. The idea of wilderness as an area without man's influence is man's own concept. Its values…

— Howard Zahniser

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

— Edward Abbey