Rachel Carson Quotes
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The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.
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The procedure has a strange Alice-in-Wonderland quality. The reservoir was created as a public water supply, yet the community, probably unconsulted about the sportsmen's project, is forced either to drink water containing poisonous residues or to pay our tax money for treatment of the water to remove the poisons - treatments that are by no means foolproof.
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To the bird watcher, the suburbanite who derives joy from birds in his garden, the hunter, the fisherman or the explorer of wild regions, anything that destroys the wildlife of an area for even a single year has deprived him of pleasure to which he has a legitimate right. This is a valid point of view.
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It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged.
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The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.
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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.
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Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Whatever the vexations or concerns of their personal lives, their thoughts can find paths that lead to inner contentment and to renewed excitement in living.
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One 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?
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In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.
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In nature nothing exists alone.
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Then the song of a whitethroat, pure and ethereal, with the dreamy quality of remembered joy.
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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.