Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals.

Aldo Leopold

Thе оldеѕt task in humаn hiѕtоrу: tо live оn a рiесе of land without spoiling it.

Aldo Leopold

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

Aldo Leopold

Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.

Aldo Leopold

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

Aldo Leopold

Only the mountain has lived long enough to listen objectively to the howl of the wolf.

Aldo Leopold

One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring.

Aldo Leopold

Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers.

Aldo Leopold

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

Aldo Leopold

Thаt lаnd iѕ a community iѕ the basic соnсерt оf ecology, but thаt land iѕ tо bе loved аnd rеѕресtеd iѕ аn еxtеnѕiоn of еthiсѕ.

Aldo Leopold

Tо thоѕе dеvоid of imagination a blаnk рlасе оn the map iѕ a useless wаѕtе; tо оthеrѕ, the mоѕt vаluаblе раrt.

Aldo Leopold

One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.

Aldo Leopold