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Aldo Leopold Quotes

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see the land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect Picture Quote #1

The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: The land Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence and caution Picture Quote #1

The outstanding scientific discovery of the twentieth century is not television, or radio, but rather the complexity of the land organism Picture Quote #1

There is, as yet, no sense of pride in the husbandry of wild plants and animals, no sense of shame in the proprietorship of a sick landscape. We tilt windmills in behalf of conservation in convention halls and editorial offices, but on the back forty we disclaim even owning a lance Picture Quote #1

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Our children are our signature to the roster of history; our land is merely the place our money was made. There is as yet no social stigma in the possession of a gullied farm, a wrecked forest, or a polluted stream, provided the dividends suffice to send the youngsters to college. Whatever ails the land, the government will fix it Picture Quote #1

Six days shalt thou paddle and pack, but on the seventh thou shall wash thy socks Picture Quote #1

Man brings all things to the test of himself, and this is notably true of lightning Picture Quote #1

The drama of the sky dance is enacted nightly on hundreds of farms, the owners of which sigh for entertainment, but harbor the illusion that it is to be sought in theaters. They live on the land, but not by the land Picture Quote #1

What conservation education must build is an ethical underpinning for land economics and a universal curiosity to understand the land mechanism. Conservation may then follow Picture Quote #1

The whole conflict thus boils down to a question of degree. We of the minority see a law of diminishing returns in progress; our opponents do not Picture Quote #1

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There are degrees and kinds of solitude.... I know of no solitude so secure as one guarded by a spring flood; nor do the geese, who have seen more kinds and degrees of aloneness than I have Picture Quote #1

In farm country, the plover has only two real enemies: the gully and the drainage ditch. Perhaps we shall one day find that these are our enemies, too Picture Quote #1

It is part of wisdom never to revisit a wilderness, for the more golden the lily, the more certain that someone has gilded it Picture Quote #1

We can be ethical only in relation to something we can see, feel, understand, love, or otherwise have faith in Picture Quote #1

Teach the student to see the land, understand what he sees, and enjoy what he understands Picture Quote #1

Wilderness areas are first of all a series of sanctuaries for the primitive arts of wilderness travel, especially canoeing and packing Picture Quote #1

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Patriotism requires less and less of making the eagle scream, but more and more of making him think Picture Quote #1

We stand guard over works of art, but species representing the work of aeons are stolen from under our noses Picture Quote #1

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise Picture Quote #1

Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers Picture Quote #1

We 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 Picture Quote #1

That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics Picture Quote #1

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There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace Picture Quote #1

The oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it Picture Quote #1

Once 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 Picture Quote #1

A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct Picture Quote #1

How like fish we are: ready, nay eager, to seize upon whatever new thing some wind of circumstance shakes down upon the river of time! And how we rue our haste, finding the gilded morsel to contain a hook! Picture Quote #1

At first blush I am tempted to conclude that a satisfactory hobby must be in large degree useless, inefficient, laborious, or irrelevant Picture Quote #1

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We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see the land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect (Aldo Leopold Quotes) The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: The land (Aldo Leopold Quotes) 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 Leopold Quotes) Conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence and caution (Aldo Leopold Quotes) The outstanding scientific discovery of the twentieth century is not television, or radio, but rather the complexity of the land organism (Aldo Leopold Quotes) There is, as yet, no sense of pride in the husbandry of wild plants and animals, no sense of shame in the proprietorship of a sick landscape. We tilt windmills in behalf of conservation in convention halls and editorial offices, but on the back forty we disclaim even owning a lance (Aldo Leopold Quotes) Our children are our signature to the roster of history; our land is merely the place our money was made. There is as yet no social stigma in the possession of a gullied farm, a wrecked forest, or a polluted stream, provided the dividends suffice to send the youngsters to college. Whatever ails the land, the government will fix it (Aldo Leopold Quotes) Six days shalt thou paddle and pack, but on the seventh thou shall wash thy socks (Aldo Leopold Quotes) Man brings all things to the test of himself, and this is notably true of lightning (Aldo Leopold Quotes) The drama of the sky dance is enacted nightly on hundreds of farms, the owners of which sigh for entertainment, but harbor the illusion that it is to be sought in theaters. They live on the land, but not by the land (Aldo Leopold Quotes) What conservation education must build is an ethical underpinning for land economics and a universal curiosity to understand the land mechanism. Conservation may then follow (Aldo Leopold Quotes) The whole conflict thus boils down to a question of degree. We of the minority see a law of diminishing returns in progress; our opponents do not (Aldo Leopold Quotes) There are degrees and kinds of solitude.... I know of no solitude so secure as one guarded by a spring flood; nor do the geese, who have seen more kinds and degrees of aloneness than I have (Aldo Leopold Quotes) In farm country, the plover has only two real enemies: the gully and the drainage ditch. Perhaps we shall one day find that these are our enemies, too (Aldo Leopold Quotes) It is part of wisdom never to revisit a wilderness, for the more golden the lily, the more certain that someone has gilded it (Aldo Leopold Quotes) We can be ethical only in relation to something we can see, feel, understand, love, or otherwise have faith in (Aldo Leopold Quotes) Teach the student to see the land, understand what he sees, and enjoy what he understands (Aldo Leopold Quotes) Wilderness areas are first of all a series of sanctuaries for the primitive arts of wilderness travel, especially canoeing and packing (Aldo Leopold Quotes) Patriotism requires less and less of making the eagle scream, but more and more of making him think (Aldo Leopold Quotes) We stand guard over works of art, but species representing the work of aeons are stolen from under our noses (Aldo Leopold Quotes) A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise (Aldo Leopold Quotes) Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers (Aldo Leopold Quotes) We 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 Quotes) That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics (Aldo Leopold Quotes) There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace (Aldo Leopold Quotes) The oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it (Aldo Leopold Quotes) Once 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 Leopold Quotes) A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct (Aldo Leopold Quotes) How like fish we are: ready, nay eager, to seize upon whatever new thing some wind of circumstance shakes down upon the river of time! And how we rue our haste, finding the gilded morsel to contain a hook! (Aldo Leopold Quotes) At first blush I am tempted to conclude that a satisfactory hobby must be in large degree useless, inefficient, laborious, or irrelevant (Aldo Leopold Quotes)

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