“I am often led to speculate on the evidence of Divine design there is even in the small events of our lives.”
Tippy Canoe and Canada Too‚ pg. 157
Quotable
"Fear is the screen that hides from our view the friendship native to the wild heart. Wildness is only a form of fear, for when kindness and patience have penetrated the veil, we see unmistakable evidence of the love in all forms of life."Fear is the screen
"Animals are individuals to me, and I am glad I think of them not only as serving man with flesh and hide, but also as co-partners in the glorious revelation of the infinitude of life."Animals are individuals to
(Duke) "Once in while I have reached the place where peace was close at hand that I knew where to seek it at last. It was when I forget myself, and as someone said, look through nature to nature‚ as God." Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo and Still-Mo pg. 38Once in a while
"The greatest comfort mingled with the greatest volume of natural beauty, to my thought is a night in a sleeping bag in the wilderness area of the north." A Tippy Canoe and Canada Too pg. 180The greatest comfort mingled
"A fireplace is the supreme part of a home, I wouldn't want it to be without one. But it has an appetite that knows no end!"A fireplace is the
"My inclination, after years of observation, is never to charge anything to chance in nature. It is all cause and effect. Intelligence, often a higher order then what we call reasoning, guides the people of the forest." A Tippy Canoe and Canada TooMy inclination
"One need never be lonely in the great outdoors. There is satisfying companionship to be found among forest folk when we are worthy."One need never be
"There are few living things whose purpose in the great scheme cannot be clearly seen if we get rid of our fears and think wisely." Tippy Canoe and Canada Too‚ pg. 71There are few living
"Nothing is fully possessed until gratitude is expressed." A Tippy Canoe and Canada Too‚ pg 232Nothing is fully possessed
"How values change. A week ago these things (gas rations stamps) were more valuable to me then gold notes. Now they aren't even good wastepaper!" A Tippy Canoe and Canada Too‚ pg. 158How values change