"Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave - that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm."

"The essence of acting is to be present, to be in the moment, and to be real."

Innovation in forestry means finding ways to do more with less.

The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.