Emergence Quote by Aldo Leopold

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

— Aldo Leopold

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

— Aldo Leopold

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

— Aldo Leopold

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

— Aldo Leopold

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

— Aldo Leopold

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

— Aldo Leopold

Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals.

— Aldo Leopold

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

— Aldo Leopold

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

— Aldo Leopold

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…

— Aldo Leopold

Wilderness is a resource which can shrink but not grow.

— Aldo Leopold

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

— Aldo Leopold