Ecology Quotes

"A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people" "Expecting an organism to evolve traits just because they are useful to us is a dangerous kind of anthropocentrism." "The animals of the planet are in desperate peril. Without free animal life, I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen." "We have the duty to protect the earth and to ensure its fruitfulness for coming generations." "When we try to pick out anything by itself we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. " "To protect creation, that is our task." "The difficulty comes from our lack of harmony with nature." "Nature seems to forgot that man is an animal as any other." "What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on "