Famous Quotes by Rachel Carson

“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”

In nature, nothing exists alone.

The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.

We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's famous poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster.

But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.

The real wealth of the nation lies in the resources of the earth—the soil, the water, the forests, the minerals, the air, and all the wild life.

What we are seeing is the beginning of the end of the world as we have known it.

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

It is not half so important to know as to feel.

The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature, but of ourselves.

Man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.

The new environmentalism is not about sacrifice, it is about creating a world in which we can live with integrity and sustainability.

Our task is to call people’s attention to the beauty of the earth and the need to preserve it.

We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living thing.

The pesticide poisoning of the environment is a direct result of man's action and an example of man's disregard for the consequences of his actions.

Those who do not care for the earth and its creatures are not really living; they are just existing.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow.

The death of the earth is not just a matter of life and death, but of the life that has gone before.

In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy.

The destruction of our natural resources and wildlife is a serious threat to all life forms.