Now I truly believe that we in this generation must come to terms with nature, and I think we’re challenged, as mankind has never been challenged before, to prove our maturity and our mastery, not of nature but of ourselves.
RACHEL CARSONNow I truly believe that we in this generation must come to terms with nature, and I think we’re challenged, as mankind has never been challenged before, to prove our maturity and our mastery, not of nature but of ourselves.
RACHEL CARSONThe Choice, after all, is ours to make.
RACHEL CARSONEvery mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.
RACHEL CARSONIt is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility.
RACHEL CARSONKnowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.
RACHEL CARSONThose who love and free nature are never alone.
RACHEL CARSONI like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life – past, present, and future.
RACHEL CARSONBeginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the sea.
RACHEL CARSONA child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.
RACHEL CARSONThose who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary 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 CARSONThe real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth – soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife.
RACHEL CARSONThe edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.
RACHEL CARSONThe question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.
RACHEL CARSONOne summer night, out on a flat headland, all but surrounded by the waters of the bay, the horizons were remote and distant rims on the edge of space.
RACHEL CARSONTo understand the living present, and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past.
RACHEL CARSON