“The mercy of the West has been social revolution; the mercy of the East has been individual insight into the basic self/void. We need both.”

“As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth. They go back to the late Paleolithic: the …”

— Gary Snyder, Statement on work

“Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.”

— Gary Snyder, On bioregionalism

“Nature is not a place to visit, it is home.”

— Gary Snyder, The Practice of the Wild (1990)

“Paths are necessary in order to go off the trail.”

— Gary Snyder, On wild practice

“Stay together / learn the flowers / go light.”

— Gary Snyder, 'For the Children' (1974)

“The real work is what we really do. And what our lives are. And if we can make work real, we can …”

— Gary Snyder, The Real Work* (1980)