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Rachel Carson Quotes

Nature reserves some of her choice rewards for days when her mood may appear to be somber Picture Quote #1

Our attitude towards plants is a singularly narrow one. If we see any immediate utility in a plant we foster it. If for any reason we find its presence undesirable or merely a matter of indifference, we may condemn it to destruction forthwith Picture Quote #1

As crude a weapon as a cave man’s club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life Picture Quote #1

We are rightly appalled by the genetic effects of radiation; how then, can we be indifferent to the same effect in chemicals we disseminate widely in our environment? Picture Quote #1

Now I truly believe that we in this generation must come to terms with nature, and I think we’re challenged, as mankind has never been challenged before, to prove our maturity and our mastery, not of nature but of ourselves Picture Quote #1

The most alarming of all man’s assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials Picture Quote #1

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The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea and sky and their amazing life Picture Quote #1

Who has the right to decide that the supreme value is a world without insects even though it would be a sterile world ungraced by the curving wing of a bird in flight. The decision is that of the authoritarian temporarily entrusted with power Picture Quote #1

If I had influence with the good fairy... I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life Picture Quote #1

How could intelligent beings seek to control a few unwanted species by a method that contaminated the entire environment and brought the threat of disease and death even to their own kind? Picture Quote #1

We urgently need an end to these false assurances, to the sugar coating of unpalatable facts. It is the public that is being asked to assume the risks that the insect controllers calculate. The public must decide whether it wishes to continue on the present road, and it can do so only when in full possession of the facts Picture Quote #1

It was a spring without voices. On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of robins, catbirds, doves, jays, wrens, and scores of other bird voices there was now no sound; only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh... Even the streams were now lifeless... No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves Picture Quote #1

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Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent Picture Quote #1

I am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done Picture Quote #1

The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster Picture Quote #1

Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction Picture Quote #1

Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished Picture Quote #1

We are not truly civilized if we concern ourselves only with the relation of man to man. What is important is the relation of man to all life Picture Quote #1

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It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray Picture Quote #1

Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective Picture Quote #1

We live in a scientific age, yet we assume that knowledge of science is the prerogative of only a small number of human beings, isolated and priestlike in their laboratories. This is not true. The materials of science are the materials of life itself. Science is part of the reality of living; it is the way, the how and the why for everything in our experience Picture Quote #1

Here and there awareness is growing that man, far from being the overlord of all creation, is himself part of nature, subject to the same cosmic forces that control all other life. Man’s future welfare and probably even his survival depend upon his learning to live in harmony, rather than in combat, with these forces Picture Quote #1

Short version: For the child..., it is not half so important to know as to feel. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow.... It is more important to pave the way for a child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts that he is not ready to assimilate Picture Quote #1

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Nature reserves some of her choice rewards for days when her mood may appear to be somber (Rachel Carson Quotes) Our attitude towards plants is a singularly narrow one. If we see any immediate utility in a plant we foster it. If for any reason we find its presence undesirable or merely a matter of indifference, we may condemn it to destruction forthwith (Rachel Carson Quotes) As crude a weapon as a cave man’s club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life (Rachel Carson Quotes) We are rightly appalled by the genetic effects of radiation; how then, can we be indifferent to the same effect in chemicals we disseminate widely in our environment? (Rachel Carson Quotes) Now I truly believe that we in this generation must come to terms with nature, and I think we’re challenged, as mankind has never been challenged before, to prove our maturity and our mastery, not of nature but of ourselves (Rachel Carson Quotes) The most alarming of all man’s assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials (Rachel Carson Quotes) The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea and sky and their amazing life (Rachel Carson Quotes) Who has the right to decide that the supreme value is a world without insects even though it would be a sterile world ungraced by the curving wing of a bird in flight. The decision is that of the authoritarian temporarily entrusted with power (Rachel Carson Quotes) If I had influence with the good fairy... I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life (Rachel Carson Quotes) How could intelligent beings seek to control a few unwanted species by a method that contaminated the entire environment and brought the threat of disease and death even to their own kind? (Rachel Carson Quotes) We urgently need an end to these false assurances, to the sugar coating of unpalatable facts. It is the public that is being asked to assume the risks that the insect controllers calculate. The public must decide whether it wishes to continue on the present road, and it can do so only when in full possession of the facts (Rachel Carson Quotes) It was a spring without voices. On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of robins, catbirds, doves, jays, wrens, and scores of other bird voices there was now no sound; only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh... Even the streams were now lifeless... No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves (Rachel Carson Quotes) Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent (Rachel Carson Quotes) I am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done (Rachel Carson Quotes) The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster (Rachel Carson Quotes) Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction (Rachel Carson Quotes) Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished (Rachel Carson Quotes) We are not truly civilized if we concern ourselves only with the relation of man to man. What is important is the relation of man to all life (Rachel Carson Quotes) It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray (Rachel Carson Quotes) Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective (Rachel Carson Quotes) We live in a scientific age, yet we assume that knowledge of science is the prerogative of only a small number of human beings, isolated and priestlike in their laboratories. This is not true. The materials of science are the materials of life itself. Science is part of the reality of living; it is the way, the how and the why for everything in our experience (Rachel Carson Quotes) Here and there awareness is growing that man, far from being the overlord of all creation, is himself part of nature, subject to the same cosmic forces that control all other life. Man’s future welfare and probably even his survival depend upon his learning to live in harmony, rather than in combat, with these forces (Rachel Carson Quotes) Short version: For the child..., it is not half so important to know as to feel. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow.... It is more important to pave the way for a child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts that he is not ready to assimilate (Rachel Carson Quotes)

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