The rich diversity of the world's cultures reflects a corresponding diversity in the wilds that gave them birth.
Aldo LeopoldOur tools are better than we are, and grow better faster than we do. They suffice to crack the atom, to command the tides, but they do not suffice for the oldest task in human history, to live on a piece of land without spoiling it.
Aldo LeopoldPrudence never kindled a fire in the human mind; I have no hope for conservation born of fear.
Aldo LeopoldIs education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers.
Aldo LeopoldHarmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. That is to say, you cannot love game and hate predators; you cannot conserve the waters and waste the ranges; you cannot build the forest and mine the farm. The land is one organism.
Aldo Leopold