Rachel Carson — "The control of nature is a phrase born of arrogance."

"It is not my intention to lead you into a life of morbid contemplation of the future. I want rather to awaken in you a sense of urgency."

"We need to re-establish our connection with the natural world. It is essential for our well-being."

"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."

"The winds, the sea, and the moving tides are what they are. If there is wonder and beauty and majesty in them, science will discover these qualities."

"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."