That the situation appears hopeless should not prevent us from doing our Aldo Leopold More Quotes by Aldo Leopold More Quotes From Aldo Leopold What a dull world if we knew all about geese! Aldo Leopold geese dull world At first blush I am tempted to conclude that a satisfactory hobby must be in large degree useless, inefficient, laborious, or irrelevant. Aldo Leopold hobbies degrees useless We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. Aldo Leopold community-living respect nature Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. Aldo Leopold land-use wells term A profession is a body of men who voluntarily measure their work by a higher standard than their clients demand. To be professionally acceptable, a policy must be sound as well as salable. Wildlife administration, in this respect, is not yet a profession. Aldo Leopold wildlife clients men It is in midwinter that I sometimes glean from my pines... a curious transfusion of courage. Aldo Leopold midwinter curious sometimes To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering. Aldo Leopold cogs intelligent nature Man brings all things to the test of himself, and this is notably true of lightning. Aldo Leopold lightning tests men Never did we plan the morrow, for we had learned that in the wilderness some new and irresistible distraction is sure to turn up each day before breakfast. Like the river, we were free to wander. Aldo Leopold each-day rivers breakfast Wilderness, then, assumes unexpected importance as a laboratory for the study of land - health. Aldo Leopold unexpected study land Only economists mistake physical opulence for riches. Aldo Leopold opulence riches mistake In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial. Aldo Leopold environmental easy rivers Conservationists have, I fear, adopted the pedagogical method of the prophets: we mutter darkly about impending doom if people don't mend their ways. The doom is impending, all right; no one can be an ecologist, even an amateur one, without seeing it. But do people mend their ways for fear of calamity? I doubt it. They are more likely to do it out of pure curiosity and interest. Aldo Leopold curiosity doubt people If we lose our wilderness, we have nothing left, in my opinion, worth fighting for; or to be more exact, a completely industrialized United States is of no consequence to me. Aldo Leopold united-states opinion fighting That dark laboratory we call the soil. Aldo Leopold laboratory soil dark If we lose our wilderness, we have nothing left worth fighting for. Aldo Leopold wilderness left fighting Relegating grizzlies to Alaska is about like relegating happiness heaven; one may never get there. Aldo Leopold alaska may heaven Teach the student to see the land, understand what he sees, and enjoy what he understands. Aldo Leopold enjoy land students In country, as in people, a plain exterior often conceals Aldo Leopold riches country people Wildflower corners are easy to maintain, but once gone, they are hard to rebuild. Aldo Leopold wildflowers gone easy
