If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.
- Rachel Carson
Biophilia is the idea that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life.
The natural world is the refuge of the spirit... richer even than human imagination.
- Edward O Wilson
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
- Rachel Carson
Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.
- Edward O Wilson
There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for the spring. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.
- Rachel Carson
As the exploration is pressed, it will engage more of the things close to the human heart and spirit.
- Edward O Wilson