Aldo Leopold
Author of A Sand County Almanac who advocated a land ethic, declaring that a thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity of the biotic community.
Quotes by Aldo Leopold
To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.
Man always kills the thing he loves, and so we the pioneers have killed our wilderness.
The biotic mechanism is so complex that its working may never be fully understood.
Conservation is a job for the whole community.
The wild things of the wilderness are a part of the wilderness.
Land, then, is not merely soil; it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.
The land is a community, and the human being is a member of that community.
We are members of a biotic team.
The land mechanism is a thing of beauty as well as a thing of utility.
The raw material of our culture is the land.
The wild goose is a symbol of the wilderness.
The land lives by its own law.
The land is a living organism.
The land is a community, and we are members of that community.
The land is a factory, but it is also a temple.
The land is a source of health and wealth.
The land is a teacher.
The land is a book, and we are its readers.
The land is a mirror, and we are its reflection.
The land is a song, and we are its singers.