Quotes about Ecology

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We have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life's continuity — Stephen Jay Gould, The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its — Daniel Quinn, Ishmael
On a grander scale, when a society segregates itself, the consequences affect the economy, the emotions, and the ecology — Joel Salatin, Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front
Diversity is a survival factor for the community itself. A community of a hundred million species can survive anything s — Daniel Quinn, Ishmael
No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world — Daniel Quinn, Ishmael
This law … defines the limits of competition in the community of life. You may compete to the full extent of your capabi — Daniel Quinn, Ishmael
This is considered almost holy work by farmers and ranchers. Kill off everything you can't eat. Kill off anything that e — Daniel Quinn, Ishmael
The evolution revolution is here. Global sense makes common sense. — Judah Freed, GLOBAL SENSE
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are the intelligent elite among animal life on earth and whatever our mistakes, [Earth] needs us. This may seem an od — James E. Lovelock, The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning
...It's not that the worm forgives the plough; it gives it no mind. (Pain occurs, in passing.) (lines 37-39 in the poem — Philip Gross, The Water Table
The Holy Land is everywhere — Black Elk
It was not enough that food aplenty was within Man’s grasp: he wanted more.It was not enough that prey surrendered thems — David Bowles, Along the River: An Anthology of Voices from the Rio Grande Valley
In my pursuit of historical ecology, I find the pleasure of reading history. — Lailah Gifty Akita
Water is sacred to all Human Beings. If you do not have water, you cannot have life. I always remember to honor and pour — Autumn Morning Star
If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live. — Maurice Maeterlinck, The Life of the Bee
Men say they know many things;But lo! they have taken wings, —The arts and sciences,And a thousand appliances;The wind t — Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Many conscientious environmentalists are repelled by the word "abundance," automatically associating it with irresponsib — Jeane Manning, Breakthrough Power: How Quantum-Leap New Energy Inventions Can Transform Our World
We are condemned to be modern. We can’t escape the facts of our history or of living in an age dominated by instrumental — David Watson, Beyond Bookchin: Preface for a Future Social Ecology
Can you imagine a scenario, given our present circumstances, in which human life will actually survive and be here in a — Daniel J. Rice, THE UNPEOPLED SEASON: Journal From a North Country Wilderness