But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.
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.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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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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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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It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged.
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Nowhere 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.
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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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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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To understand the living present, and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past.
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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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I am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done.
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Drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.
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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.
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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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There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature.
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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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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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