Rachel Carson — "We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creatu…"

"We are surrounded by an infinite number of wonders, and yet we see so few of them."

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

"The more we tamper with the delicate balance of nature, the more we risk unintended consequences."

"The beauty of the living world I was trying to save has always been uppermost in my mind—that, and anger at the heedless and needless destruction of that beauty."

"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."