All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish.

Quote by Aldo Leopold

Topics: Nature Quotes, Wilderness Quotes

In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...

In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...

Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as...

Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as...

In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...

In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of...

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of...

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice...

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice...

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of...

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of...

One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk...

One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk...

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...

Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose...

Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose...

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand...

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand...

The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to...

The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to...

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice...

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice...

Recreational development is a job not of building roads into the lovely country, but of...

Recreational development is a job not of building roads into the lovely country, but of...

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we...

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we...