Wisdom Quotes

"We live only by grace of the things we do not understand."

"The essence of conservation is the application of common sense to common things."

"Our quarrel is with the process of substitution, not with substitution itself."

"Leopold maintained that humans must learn to think like a mountain, which is to say, in terms of centuries, not years."

"The land has its own wisdom; we need only the humility to listen."

"To think like a mountain is to understand that our actions have consequences that ripple far into the future."

"When we understand that the land is a community to which we belong, conservation becomes inevitable."

"The richest values of wilderness lie not in the muscles of its men, but in the nerves of its citizens."

"To live in harmony with nature requires that we surrender our illusion of dominion."

"To become truly civilized, we must learn to appreciate the cultures of all peoples, not merely our own."

"To know oneself is to understand one's place in the larger world."

"Wisdom teaches us to listen before we speak."

"The mark of wisdom is knowing what to remember and what to release."

"The heart knows truths that the mind struggles to articulate."

"Humility is the mark of the truly great."

"Consciousness is often the consciousness of the wretched."

"Let us waste no time in sterile litanies and nauseating mimicry."

"Suffering does not automatically lead to understanding."

"I learned that if I was to be part of the solution, I had to first be part of the problem."

"Our ability to negotiate the complexities of the world is linked directly to our relationship with the natural world."

"To be human is to be capable of transcendence and transformation."

"The past educates us about what is possible in the future."

"I've learned that you don't need to have the right answers. You just need to ask the right questions."

"Keep your cool. Don't let them provoke you into emotional responses."

"We cannot buy our way out of this."

"The cost of action is always less than the cost of inaction."

"Knowledge without conscience is sterile"

"Wisdom comes from lived experience and reflection"

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children."

"Every landscape tells a story if you take time to listen."