We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive.
Aldo LeopoldIt is part of wisdom never to revisit a wilderness, for the more golden the lily, the more certain that someone has gilded it
Aldo LeopoldWe abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.
Aldo Leopold