“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. Whe...” — Aldo Leopold Quote

“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.”

“Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient.”

“One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe that the consequences of science are none of his business, or he must be the doctor who sees the marks of death in a community that believes itself well and does not want to be told otherwise.”

“Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.”

“Recreational development is a job not of building roads into the lovely country, but of building receptivity into the still unlovely human mind.”

“To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.”

“Genuine and true love is so rare that when you encounter it in any form, it's a wonderful thing, to be utterly cherished in whatever form it takes.”

“It's important for us to latch onto the people that we love.”

“Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you.”

“The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.”

“We come to love not by finding a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”

“Love is love's reward.”