Felt Quote by George Aiken

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

— Edward Abbey

I come more and more to the conclusion that wilderness, in America or anywhere else, is the only thing left that is worth saving.

— 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

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

— John Muir

Wilderness is not only a haven for native plants and animals but it is also a refuge from society. Its a place to go…

— John Muir

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

— Henry David Thoreau

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…

— Bill McKibben

Wilderness is not so much a place, but a feeling about one.

— Roderick Nash

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 a temporary condition through which we are passing to the Promised Land.

— Cotton Mather

I am asserting that those who love the wilderness should not be wholly deprived of it, that while the reduction of the wilderness has…

— Aldo Leopold

We must remember always that the essential quality of the wilderness is its wildness,

— Howard Zahniser