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National parks are cathedrals of spirituality and emotion, and unfortunately, they are being loved to death by many of the same people who enjoy them the most.

Cherish sunsets, wild creatures and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth.

Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.

Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

We've achieved this feeling, for instance, with the colors. The colors in the park are harmonious with each other, not like in big cities where they don't.

We of America are especially fitted to visualize and to understand the marvellous transformation of a wilderness into a land of splendid cities.

In the hierarchy of public lands, national parks by law have been above the rest: America's most special places, where natural beauty and all its attendant pleasures - quiet waters, the scents of fir and balsam, the hoot of an owl, and the dark of a night sky unsullied by city lights - are sacrosanct.

I'd like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the future to discover the wonders of landscapes we helped protect but never had the chance to enjoy ourselves.

I'm fascinated by beautiful scenery and what we have here on this Earth.