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Joys come from simple and natural things; mist over meadows, sunlight on leaves, the path of the moon over water. Even rain and wind and stormy clouds bring joy.
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Sigurd F. Olson
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Wilderness to the people pf America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium.
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Sigurd F. Olson
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...only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and heard.
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Sigurd F. Olson (Listening Point (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage))
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If we can somehow retain places where we can always sense the unknown, our lives will be richer." Sigurd Olson
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Janet Kay
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Spring, in addition to many other things, is a time for renewal of memories that may have grown dim during the winter,
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Sigurd F. Olson (Wilderness Days (A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book))
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It was good to lie there in our bags watching the glow of our dying fire and the deeper glow of sunset beyond; but most of all it was good to feel the ground again and to know we were back in a country we loved.
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Sigurd F. Olson (Wilderness Days (A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book))
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Life is good to those who know how to live. I do not ever hope to accumulate great funds of worldly wealth, but I shall accumulate something far more valuable, a store of wonderful memories. When I reach the twilight of life I shall look back and say I'm glad I lived as I did, life has been good to me.
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A. Sigurd Olson
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Ours was a sense of golden leisure that comes only in the spring, after months of grayness and cold.
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Sigurd F. Olson (Wilderness Days (A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book))
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I named this place Listening Point because only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and heard. Everyone has a listening point somewhere. It does not have to be in the north or close to the wilderness, but someplace of quiet where the universe can be contemplated with awe.
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A. Sigurd Olson
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It was the contrast that fascinated Mac as much as anything else. Knowing that both the wilderness and civilization were available to the nth degree, he was completely happy. I have found it is the same with many men; being able to live in the present and also in the past gives them a sense of completeness that they can get in no other way.
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Sigurd F. Olson (The Meaning of Wilderness (A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book))
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As Gabe continued to speak, he sounded to be a cheerful and intelligent person, two attributes I have commonly found associated with people who spend most of their time outdoors.
-from New River, in the anthology AWAKE IN THE WORLD
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Daniel J. Rice (Awake in the World: A Riverfeet Press Anthology 2017)