"I am speaking of the life of a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his childr…"

"It is impossible to care for each other more or differently than we care for the earth. This last statement becomes o…"

"Today, local economies are being destroyed by the "pluralistic," displaced, global economy, which has no respect for …"

"Once plants and animals were raised together on the same farm — which therefore neither produced unmanageable surplus…"

"Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes…"

"The line that connects the bombing of civilian populations to the mountain removed by strip mining … to the tortured …"

"We Americans are not usually thought to be a submissive people, but of course we are. Why else would we allow our cou…"

"We need to confront honestly the issue of scale. Bigness has a charm and a drama that are seductive, especially to po…"

"“There’s nothing under the ground that’s worth more than the little layer of topsoil sitting on top of it.”"

"I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time…"