Quotes by Environmental Philosophers

Going to the woods is going home.

The world, we are told, was made especially for man — a presumption not supported by all the facts.

These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dollar.

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike.

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!

Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.