Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.
RACHEL CARSONEvery mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.
RACHEL CARSONKnowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent. It is, in the deepest sense, a privilege as well as a duty to speak out to many thousands of people.
RACHEL CARSONWhen we go down to the low-tide line, we enter a world that is as old as the earth itself – the primeval meeting place of the elements of earth and water, a place of compromise and conflit and eternal change.
RACHEL CARSONOnly within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species — man — acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world.
RACHEL CARSONThose who love and free nature are never alone.
RACHEL CARSONOur attitude towards plants is a singularly narrow one. If we see any immediate utility in a plant we foster it. If for any reason we find its presence undesirable or merely a matter of indifference, we may condemn it to destruction forthwith.
RACHEL CARSONI am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done.
RACHEL CARSONScience is part of the reality of living; it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience.
RACHEL CARSONThose 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.
RACHEL CARSONBut most of all I shall remember the monarchs, that unhurried westward drift of one small winged form after another, each drawn by some invisible force.
RACHEL CARSONIf a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.
RACHEL CARSONIt is not half so important to know as to feel.
RACHEL CARSONNowhere on the shore is the relation of a creature to its surroundings a matter of a single cause and effect; each living thing is bound to its world by many threads, weaving the intricate design of the fabric of life.
RACHEL CARSONThe discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him.
RACHEL CARSONBut man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.
RACHEL CARSONThe edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.
RACHEL CARSON