Quotes by : Rachel Carson

For the sense of smell almost more than any other has the power to recall memories and it is a pity....

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her....

Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental,....

It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose should now be threatened by the activities....

As crude a weapon as the cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of....

If, having endured much, we have at last asserted out "right to know," and if by knowing, we have concluded....

Those who dwell , as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone....

Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is... we cannot expect things to be much better....

By acquiescing in an act that causes such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished?....

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us the....