Aldo Leopold Quotes

“Conservation is getting nowhere because it is incompatible with our Abrahamic concept of land. 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. … That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics.”
― Aldo Leopold, Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Ecology and Conservation (Library of America: Written by Aldo Leopold, 2013 Edition, (Reprint) Publisher: Library of America [Hardcover]

“There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. These essays are the delights and dilemmas of one who cannot.”
― Aldo Leopold, Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Ecology and Conservation (Library of America: Written by Aldo Leopold, 2013 Edition, (Reprint) Publisher: Library of America [Hardcover]