William Vogt Quotes

United States, Ecologist
May 15, 1902 – July, 11, 1968.

William Vogt was an ecologist and ornithologist, with a strong interest in both the carrying capacity and population control. He was the author of best-seller Road to Survival (1948), National Director of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and secretary of the Conservation Foundation.

We must come to understand our past, our history, in terms of the soil and water and forests and grasses that have made it what it is.

William Vogt
- Past
- Water
- Garden
Our philosophies must be rewritten to remove them from the domain of words and "ideas," and to plant their roots firmly in the earth.

William Vogt
- Earth
- Journey
- Walking