“In wilderness people can find the silence and the solitude and the noncivilized surroundings that can connect them once again to their evolutionary heritage, and through an experience of the eternal mystery, can give them a sense of the sacredness of all creation.” PeopleGivingSoundSilenceMusicMysteryCreationListeningSolitudeQuietEternalHearingNoiseWildernessHeritageSurroundingsSacredness Author:Sigurd F. Olson
“There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance, adventure, solitude, and peace. The way of a canoe is the way of the wilderness and of a freedom almost forgotten. It is an antidote to insecurity, the open door to waterways of ages past and a way of life with profound and abiding satisfactions. When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known.” MenWayFeelsAgePastKnownDoorsMagicMovementAdventureSolitudeDistanceProfoundForgottenSatisfactionInsecurityWildernessAntidoteAbiding Author:Sigurd F. Olson
“Wilderness can be appreciated only by contrast, and solitude understood only when we have been without it. We cannot separate ourselves from society, comradeship, sharing and love. Unless we can contribute something from wilderness experience, derive some solace or peace to share with others, then the real purpose is defeated.” Has BeensRealPurposeShareSolitudeUnderstoodAnd LoveWildernessContrastDefeatedAppreciatedSolaceComradeship Book:Reflections from the North Country Source: Reflections from the North Country
