Rachel Carson Quotes

The “control of nature” is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and philosophy, when it was supposed that nature exists for the convenience of man.

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

The “control of nature” is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man.

As crude a weapon as the cave man’s club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life.

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

Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of bird song.

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the Earth are never alone or weary of life.