No matter how intently one studies the hundred little dramas of the woods and meadows, one can never learn all the salient facts about any one of them.
Aldo LeopoldThe good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive.
Aldo LeopoldOnce you learn to read the land, I have no fear of what you will do to it, or with it. And I know many pleasant things it will do to you.
Aldo LeopoldI do not imply that this philosophy of land was always clear to me. It is rather the end result of a life journey.
Aldo Leopold