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.

Quote by Aldo Leopold

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Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

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...

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.

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...

All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and...

All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give...

I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give...

Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few...

Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few...

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of...

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of...