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Philosophy Quotes by Aldo Leopold

11 Philosophy quotes by Aldo Leopold

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Aldo Leopold’s philosophical reflections are presented in eleven brief passages, each weaving his deep reverence for the natural world into broader ethical considerations. This small selection serves as a quick yet resonant reminder of his pioneering environmental ethic.

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I do not imply that this philosophy of land was always clear to me. It is rather the end result of a…

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No important change in ethics was ever accomplished without an internal chage in our intellectual emphasis, loyalties, affections, and convictions.

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I have purposely presented the land ethic as a product of social evolution because nothing so important as an ethic is ever…

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

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That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an…

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Your woodlot is, in fact, an historical document which faithfully records your personal philosophy.

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All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts.

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There is yet no ethic dealing with man's relation to land and to the animals and plants which grow upon it. Land,…

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All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts.…

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“That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an…

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A land ethic...reflects the existence of an ecological conscience, and this in turn reflects a conviction of individual responsibility for the health…

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The worthiness of any cause is not measured by its clean record, but by its readiness to see the blots when they are pointed…

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Is it possible to preserve the element of Unknown Places in our national life? Is it practicable to do so, without undue loss in…

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Teach the student to see the land, understand what he sees, and enjoy what he understands.

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Wildflower corners are easy to maintain, but once gone, they are hard to rebuild.

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In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial.

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He who searches for spring with his knees in the mud finds it, in abundance.

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Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals.

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If education really educates, there will, in time, be more and more citizens who understand that relics of the old West add meaning and…

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This song of the waters is audible to every ear, but there is other music in these hills, by no means audible to all……

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To those who know the speech of hills and rivers straightening a stream is like shipping vagrants—a very successful method of passing trouble from…

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Wilderness is a resource which can shrink but not grow.

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We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the…

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