The forest doesn't need us, but we need the forest—this truth should guide every decision we make in forestry.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to each other.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.