Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world.
Rachel CarsonThose who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
Rachel CarsonBut man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.
Rachel CarsonOne way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew i would never see it again?
Rachel CarsonAs crude a weapon as the cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life - a fabric on the one hand delicate and destructible, on the other miraculously tough and resilient, and capable of striking back in unexpected ways. These extraordinary capacities of life have been ignored by the practitioners of chemical control who have brought to their task no "high-minded orientation," no humility before the vast forces with which they tamper.
Rachel Carson