Essentials Quote by Howard Zahniser

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

— Edward Abbey

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

— Henry David Thoreau

“The trouble with wilderness is that it quietly expresses and reproduces the very values its devotees seek to reject. The flight from history that…

— William Cronon

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

— Octavian Paler

As one who has often felt this need, and who has found refreshment in wild places, I attest to the recreational value of wilderness.

— George Aiken

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

The wilderness needs your whole attention.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Wilderness is rapidly becoming one of those aspects of the American dream which is more of the past than of the present. Wilderness is…

— Ansel Adams

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

— John Muir

Wilderness is an anchor to windward. Knowing it is there, we can also know that we are still a rich nation, tending our resources…

— Clinton Presba Anderson

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

I don't think it is as a trope or as something in our psyches. There's very little wilderness out there but there is wild…

— Anne Waldman