"The Native Americans, whose wisdom Thoreau admired, regarded the Earth itself as a sacred source of energy. To stretch out on it brought repose, to sit on the ground ensured greater wisdom in councils..."
- Frédéric Gros
"Occasionally we glimpse the South Rim, four or five thousand feet above. From the rims the canyon seems oceanic; at the surface of the river the feeling is intimate. To someone up there with binocular..."
- Barry López
"A field which feeds you, a river which gives you water are much holier than all other so-called holy places!"
- Mehmet Murat ildan