Joseph Wood Krutch

“The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit.”

“Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable.”

“Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.”

“If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food either.”

“The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.”

“Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.”

“The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.”

“When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.”

“It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.”

“The universe is not to be narrowed down to the limits of our understanding.”

“Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”

“Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.”

“The most time-consuming thing is to have an enemy.”

“To have a cat is to have a proof of the existence of things that can't be explained.”

“Nature, in her blind thirst for life has filled every possible cranny of the rotting earth with some sort of fantastic creature.”