"Education, I fear, is learning to see one……" — Aldo Leopold

"Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another."

— Aldo Leopold

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136 Quotes by Aldo Leopold

Aldo Leopold has 136 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of…
The wind that makes music in November corn is in a hurry. The stalks hum, the loose husks whisk skyward…
Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.
Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel.
There is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called sportsmanship.
Twenty centuries of 'progress' have brought the average citizen a vote, a national anthem, a Ford, a bank account, and…
No important change in ethics was ever accomplished without an internal chage in our intellectual emphasis, loyalties, affections, and convictions.
Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values to the nation's character and health than they will to its pocketbook,…
Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization.
For unnumbered centuries of human history the wilderness has given way. The priority of industry has become dogma. Are we…
The richest values of wilderness lie not in the days of Daniel Boone, nor even in the present, but rather…
Ability to see the cultural value of wilderness boils down, in the last analysis, to a question of intellectual humility.…

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More Blind Quotes

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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He… — Teresa of Avila
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is… — Francis Bacon
In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because… — Gerry Adams
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. — John Perry Barlow
The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind… — John Adams
Whoever said love is blind is dead wrong. Love is the only thing that lets us see each other with… — Martha Beck
All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of… — Theodor Adorno
Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in… — Josh Billings
Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind… — Cate Blanchett
People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is… — Andrea Bocelli
The fact that I am blind is not what defines my life. It should be of no more interest than… — Andrea Bocelli
The blind audition process can be nerve-wracking. — Christina Aguilera

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