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21 Forester Quotes

I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness.

Glad Be young Future Without wilderness
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There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.

Are some Can live Wild things Cannot
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Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.

Ethical behavior Right thing Watching Wrong thing
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We abuse land because we see 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.
Abuse land Commodity Belonging to We see
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Only the mountain has lived long enough to listen objectively to the howl of the wolf.

The mountain Lived Long enough Listen objectively
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We shall never achieve harmony with the land, anymore than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations the important thing is not to achieve but to strive.

Shall never Achieve harmony Land Absolute justice
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The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?

Last word Ignorance The man Who says
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All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish.

All conservation Wilderness Self defeating To cherish
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Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth?

Is education A process Trading awareness Things
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We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness.

All strive For safety Prosperity Comfort
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One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.

The penalties Ecological education One lives World
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Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another.

Education Fear Is learning To see
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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.

Land Community Basic concept Ecology
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The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive.

Good life Any river Perception Its music
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Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. That is to say, you cannot love game and hate predators... The land is one organism.

Harmony With land A friend Cherish
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A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, the stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.

A thing Right Preserve The integrity
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Tell me of what plant-birthday a man takes notice, and I shall tell you a good deal about his vocation, his hobbies, his hay fever, and the general level of his ecological education.

Tell me Plat birthday Man Takes notice
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Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient.

Examine Each question Ethically Aesthetically right
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the most fun lies in seeing and studying the unknown.

Most fun Lies Seeing Studying
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never had there been so rare a day, or so rich a solitude top spend it in.
Never had So rare A day So rich
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Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how.

Acts Creation Ordinarily reserved Gods
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