Beginnings are apt to be shadowy.

- Rachel Carson

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the…

- Rachel Carson

We still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven't become mature enough to think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast and incredible universe…

- Rachel Carson

In nature nothing exists alone.

- Rachel Carson

But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.

- Rachel Carson

The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.

- Rachel Carson

One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew i would never see it again?

- Rachel Carson

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

- Rachel Carson

Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished.

- Rachel Carson