Aldo Leopold Quotes

That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics..

Our sense of community and compassionate intelligence must be extended to all life forms, plants, animals, rocks, rivers, and human beings. This is the story of our past and it will be the story of our future.

That sense of sacredness, that thinking in generations, must begin with reverence for this earth.

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.

Gary Snyder's The Practice of the Wild is an exquisite, far-sighted articulation of what freedom, wildness, goodness, and grace mean, using the lessons of the planet to teach us how to live.

A love of nature keeps no factories busy.

The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.

We must be kind and gentle gardeners with people and nature.

Our relationship to the environment matters, our relationship to animals matters, and our relationship to culture matters.

The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyong reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only paradise we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need, if only we had the eyes to see.

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive.

One of the most important lessons we can glean from the environmental movement is to 'think globally and act locally.'

In time, we will have to recognise that it is not 'nature' that we need to protect, but ourselves, and we can only do this by abandoning the old, grandiose, profit-seeking schemes so beloved of our masters and learning to till the soil, live to scale, and live within our means.

The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me.

Elves live in harmony with the world, and I try to do that.

Schoolchildren and older people like the idea of planting trees. For children, it's interesting that an acorn will grow into an oak, and for older people it's a legacy. And the act of planting a tree is not that difficult.

I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.

We're getting closer to our nature.

I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.

It must be possible to solve the task of controlling nature and yet simultaneously create a new freedom.

There is such a big chunk of me that is David Attenborough. I think he is my biggest inspiration.

If there is a future, it will be Green.

Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.

When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility.

I have great respect for people who live out their beliefs. For example, Ed Begley Jr. is an environmentalist, but he really lives his lives, and is he very prudent in the way he lives. He's cautious. He's not like an Al Gore that flies around in a private jet and burns 20,000 gallons a day on his jet.