Consequence Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed ... We simply need that…

— Wallace Stegner

Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed We need wilderness preserved —…

— Wallace Stegner

There are people who may be trusted, men as well as women. There are are as many difference in their natures as there are…

— Elizabeth Aston

Our village life would stagnate if it were not for the unexplored forests and meadows which surround it.

— Henry David Thoreau

Large meadows are lovely for picnics and romping, but they are for the lighter feelings. Meadows do not make me want to write.

— Aimee Bender

My mind was once the true survey Of all these meadows fresh and gay; And in the greenness of the grass Did see its…

— Andrew Marvell

What little wilderness remains displays the patterns we must return to, if our species and as many others as now remain are to persist…

— Stephanie Mills

If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.

— Steve Irwin

One thought that occurs to me is that men will continue to withdraw from nature in order to create an environment that will suit…

— Isaac Asimov

All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties…

— Voltaire

If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather…

— Solon

What a glorious time they must have in that wilderness, far from mankind and election day!

— Henry David Thoreau