Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Aldo Leopold

Quote by Aldo Leopold

Work

Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238)

Aldo Leopold's 'A Sand County Almanac' is a seminal work in the field of conservation and ecology, offering insights into the natural world and the human relationship with it. This collection also includes Leopold's other writings, providing a comprehensive view of his thoughts on environmental stewardship and the importance of preserving natural habitats. more

Author

Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold

Aldo Leopold was an American author, philosopher, conservationist, and environmentalist. He is best known for his book 'A Sand County Almanac', which is considered a foundational text in environmental ethics and wildlife management. Leopold was born on January 11, 1887, and passed away on April 21, 1948. more

You May Also Like

“Man is the namer; by this we recognize that through him pure language speaks. All nature, insofar as it communicates itself, communicates itself in language, and so finally in man. Hence, he is the lord of nature and can give names to things. Only through the linguistic being of things can he get beyond himself and attain knowledge of them-in the name. God's creation is completed when things receive their names from man, from whom in name language alone speaks.”

“I want to be with people who submerge in the task, who go into the fields to harvest and work in a row and pass the bags along, who are not parlor generals and field deserters but move in a common rhythm when the food must come in or the fire be put out. The work of the world is common as mud. Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust. But the thing worth doing well done has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.”