Best Aldo Leopold Sayings
- In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial. Attempt
- We realize the indivisibility of the earth-its soil, mountains, rivers, forests, climate, plants, and animals-and respect it collectively not only as a useful servant but… Animal
- Thus far we have considered the problem of conservation of land purely as an economic issue. A false front of exclusively economic determinism is so… Americans
- We console ourselves with the comfortable fallacy that a single museum piece will do, ignoring the clear dictum of history that a species must be… All
- The life of every river sings its own song, but in most the song is long marred by the discords of misuse. Discord
- If the land mechanism as a whole is good then every part is good, whether we understand it or not... Every Part
- I know a painting so evanescent that it is seldom viewed at all except by some wandering deer. It is a river who wields the… All
- Your woodlot is, in fact, an historical document which faithfully records your personal philosophy. Document
- We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. Abuse
- Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest. Boil
- The hope of the future lies not in curbing the influence of human occupancy - it is already too late for that - but in… Better
- How like fish we are: ready, nay eager, to seize upon whatever new thing some wind of circumstance shakes down upon the river of time!… Circumstance
- What a dull world if we knew all about geese! All
- Conservation viewed in its entirety, is the slow and laborious unfolding of a new relationship between people and land. Conservation
- Mechanized recreation already has seized nine-tenths of the woods and mountains; a decent respect for minorities should dedicate the other tenth to wilderness. Decent
- Too much safety seems to yield only danger in the long run, Danger
- One of the anomalies of modern ecology is the creation of two groups, each of which seems barely aware of the existence of the other.… Advance
- We face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free. Cost
- There is yet no ethic dealing with man's relation to land and to the animals and plants which grow upon it. Land, like Odysseus' slave-girls,… Animal
- It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation to land can exist without love, respect, and admiration for land, and a high regard for… Admiration
- For us in the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television. Geese
- There are idle spots on every farm, and every highway is bordered by an idle strip as long as it is; keep cow, plow, and… Bordered
- If in a city we had six vacant lots available to the youngsters of a certain neighborhood for playing ball, it might be "development" to… Available
- It is, by common consent, a good thing for people to get back to nature. Common
- We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness. The deer strives with his supple legs, the cowman with trap and poison, the… All
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