Inspiration Quote by Rachel Carson — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography or history... It seems to me, then, that there can be no separate literature of science.”

“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... If there is poetry in my book about the sea, it is not because I deliberately put it there, but because no one could write truthfully about the sea and leave out the poetry.”

“We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in”

“If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow.”

“Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly.”

“Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.”

“The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.”

“Here is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.”

“Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.”

“He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg.”