Aldo Leopold Quotes

The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to keep all the pieces.

The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land.

O, God assist our side: at least, avoid assisting the enemy and leave the rest to me.

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them.

Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important that television.

We face the question whether a still higher standard of living is worth its costs in things natural, wild, and free.

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

A thing is right if it tends to preserve the stability, integrity, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong if it tends otherwise.

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them.

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation to land can exist without love, respect, and admiration for land, and a high regard for its value; By value, I of course mean something far broader than mere economic value; I mean value in the philosophical sense

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left

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

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us; When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day; No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them