There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature.
RACHEL CARSONWhy would anyone believe it is possible to lay down such barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? They should not be called insecticides, but biocides.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew i would never see it again?
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It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray.
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Drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.
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We still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven’t become mature enough to think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast and incredible universe.
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For mankind as a whole, a possession infinitely more valuable than individual life is our genetic heritage, our link with past and future… Yet genetic deterioration through man-made agents is the menace of our time.
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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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Science is part of the reality of living; it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience.
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A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.
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The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster.
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In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference.
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Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life.
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Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished.
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The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea and sky and their amazing life.
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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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