Creative Quotations from . . .
Aldo Leopold
(1887-1948) born on Jan 11
US "forester, conservationist". He is best known as the founder of the Wilderness Society.
 
   
F
One swallow does not make a summer,
but one skein of geese,
cleaving the murk of March thaw,
is the Spring."

R
"Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient."
A
"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise."
N
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
K
"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see the land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
R: "From "Rand Lindsly's HUGE Quotations File," an collection of quotations from the Internet."
A: "From "Rand Lindsly's HUGE Quotations File," an collection of quotations from the Internet."
N: 'A Sand County Almanac'
K: "Quoted in: Stewart L. Udall, The Quiet Crisis, ch. 14 (1963)."



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