“Perhaps no one but a hunter can understand how intense an affection a boy can feel for a piece of marsh…. Be that as it may, I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in.” The Green Lagoons, A Sand County Almanac. And so we the pioneers have killed our wilderness. “All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts.The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants and animals, or collectively the land.” The Land Ethic, A Sand County Almanac. It is rather the end result of a life journey.” Draft foreword, A Sand County Almanac, in Companion to a Sand County Almanac.
“I do not imply that this philosophy of land was always clear to me. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” Foreword, A Sand County Almanac. “We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. Many more were left on the cutting room floor, so please check out the references below for more quotes on many subjects.
