Ephemeral Quote by Edwin Way Teale

“It is those who have compassion for all life who will best safeguard the life of man. Those who become aroused only when man…

— Edwin Way Teale

The seasons, like greater tides, ebb and flow across the continents. Spring advances up the United States at the average rate of about fifteen…

— Edwin Way Teale

It is morally as bad not to care whether anything is true or not...

— Edwin Way Teale

Any fine morning, a power saw can fell a tree that took a thousand years to grow.

— Edwin Way Teale

To the lost man, to the pioneer penetrating a new country, to the naturalist who wishes to see the wild land at its wildest,…

— Edwin Way Teale

Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance.

— Edwin Way Teale

A man who never sees a bluebird only half lives.

— Edwin Way Teale

If man can take care of man, nature can take care of the rest.

— Edwin Way Teale

“Time is the river. We are the islands. Time washes around us and flows away and with it flow fragments of our lives. So,…

— Edwin Way Teale

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.

— Edwin Way Teale

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals 'love' them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal…

— Edwin Way Teale

If I were to choose the sights, the sounds, the fragrances I most would want to see and hear and smell--among all the delights…

— Edwin Way Teale