Aldo Leopold Quotes

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One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring.

By Aldo Leopold

We face the question whether a still higher standard of living is worth its costs in things natural, wild, and free.

By Aldo Leopold

Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important that television.

By Aldo Leopold

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

By Aldo Leopold

A thing is right if it tends to preserve the stability, integrity, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong if it tends otherwise.

By Aldo Leopold