The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil.
RACHEL CARSONNature reserves some of her choice rewards for days when her mood may appear to be somber.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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Drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.
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Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.
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Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective.
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The Choice, after all, is ours to make.
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There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature.
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Those who love and free nature are never alone.
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For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.
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In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.
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Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction.
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To understand the living present, and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past.
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By suggestion and example, I believe children can be helped to hear the many voices about them. Take Time to listen and talk about the voices of the earth and what they mean-the majestic voice of thunder, the winds, the sound of surf or flowing streams.
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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.
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Even in the vast and mysterious reaches of the sea we are brought back to the fundamental truth that nothing lives to itself.
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[Writing is] largely a matter of application and hard work, or writing and rewriting endlessly until you are satisfied that you have said what you want to say as clearly and simply as possible. For me that usually means many, many revisions.
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I sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to ‘know’ as to ‘feel’.
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