Famous Aldo Leopold Quotes

  • 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. – Aldo Leopold

    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.– Aldo Leopold

  • The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: ‘What good is it? – Aldo Leopold

    The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: ‘What good is it?– Aldo Leopold

  • It is part of wisdom never to revisit a wilderness, for the more golden the lily, the more certain that someone has gilded it. – Aldo Leopold

    It is part of wisdom never to revisit a wilderness, for the more golden the lily, the more certain that someone has gilded it.– Aldo Leopold

  • Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how. – Aldo Leopold

    Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how.– Aldo Leopold

  • I am convinced that most Americans of the new generation have no idea what a decent forest looks like. The only way to tell them is to show them. – Aldo Leopold

    I am convinced that most Americans of the new generation have no idea what a decent forest looks like. The only way to tell them is to show them.– 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. – 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.– Aldo Leopold

  • To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part. – Aldo Leopold

    To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.– Aldo Leopold

  • I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness. – Aldo Leopold

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