"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."
― Aldo Leopold
Topic(s):
Respect
― Aldo Leopold
More From Aldo Leopold
- "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."
- "Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers."
- "Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land."
More In Respect
- "Another important aspect of our home was respect for ideas."― Robert B. Laughlin
- "Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them."― John Updike
- "All the times being like, ‘Who rented this car and why are we going to this place?’ You take the easy route and go, ‘Oh, thanks for the champagne. I’ll have another.’"― Rosario Dawson