Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
RACHEL CARSON
A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
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The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him.
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Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species — man — acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world.
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Nature reserves some of her choice rewards for days when her mood may appear to be somber.
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But 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.
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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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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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The real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth – soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife.
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We are not truly civilized if we concern ourselves only with the relation of man to man. What is important is the relation of man to all life.
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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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Why 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.
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Beginnings are apt to be shadowy.
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I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life – past, present, and future.
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The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil.
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Then the song of a whitethroat, pure and ethereal, with the dreamy quality of remembered joy.
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Knowing 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.
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