Conservation Principles Quotes

Everything is connected to everything else. Everything must go somewhere. Nature knows best. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Physics is experience, arranged in economical order.

Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics.

The practice of conservation must spring from a conviction of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right only when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the community, and the community includes the soil, waters, fauna, and flora, as well as people.

The principles that will save Earth's life are the same principles that save the living souls of humans: ineluctable spiritual principles.

Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion to the rule of law.

We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale.

Strict conservation of energy in the elementary process had thus been confirmed also by a negative experiment.