If 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 CARSONThose who love and free nature are never alone.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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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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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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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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A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.
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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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There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature.
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The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.
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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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I am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done.
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The shore is an ancient world, for as long as there has been an earth and sea there has been this place of the meeting of land and water.
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Beginnings are apt to be shadowy.
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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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[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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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
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We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.
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