Thoughts on the Environment

American Author

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.

—Stewart Udall

American politician

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

—Ansel Adams

American environmentalist

Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.

—Thomas Edison

American inventor and businessman

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

—Rachel Carson

American marine biologist

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

—Thomas Fuller

English historian

Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.

—Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist

The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.

—Robert Swan

British polar explorer

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

—Margaret Mead

American cultural anthropologist

Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle.  

—Pope John Paul II

Former head of the Catholic Church

The natural environment sustains the life of all beings universally.

—Dalai Lama

Tibetan spiritual leader