How vivid is the suffering of the few when the people are few and how the suffering of nameless millions in two world wars is blurred over by numbers. – Edwin Way Teale
Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. – Edwin Way Teale
The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web. – Edwin Way Teale
Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals ‘love’ them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more. – Edwin Way Teale
Time and space – time to be alone, space to move about – these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow. – Edwin Way Teale