"At times on quiet waters one does not……" — Sigurd F. Olson
"At times on quiet waters one does not speak aloud but only in whispers, for then all noise is sacrilege."
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Sigurd F. Olson
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25 Quotes by Sigurd F. Olson
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It was Indian summer, a bluebird sort of day as we call it in the north, warm and sunny, without…
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One cannot run from a challenge without losing. To flee is signing a death warrant to dignity and character, and,…
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Joys come from simple and natural things: mists over meadows, sunlight on leaves, the path of the moon over water.
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Wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a…
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I have discovered in a lifetime of traveling in primitive regions, a lifetime of seeing people living in the wilderness…
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Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons. It is what…
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Beauty is composed of many things and never stands alone. It is part of horizons, blue in the distance, great…
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In wilderness people can find the silence and the solitude and the noncivilized surroundings that can connect them once again…
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While we are born with curiosity and wonder and our early years full of the adventure they bring, I know…
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I named this place Listening Point because only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still,…
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There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance,…
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When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known.
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