Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life.
RACHEL CARSONOnly as a child’s awareness and reverence for the wholeness of life are developed can his humanity to his own kind reach its full development.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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The beauty of the living world I was trying to save has always been uppermost in my mind – that, and anger at the senseless, brutish things that were being done. . . . Now I can believe I have at least helped a little.
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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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Only as a child’s awareness and reverence for the wholeness of life are developed can his humanity to his own kind reach its full development.
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In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.
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In nature nothing exists alone.
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The Choice, after all, is ours to make.
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It 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.
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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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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 edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.
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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.
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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.
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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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It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray.
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A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.
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