Rachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist and conservationist.
Carson was born on May 27, 1907, at Pennsylvania, United States.
She is the Author of the books such as “Silent Spring“, “The Sea Around Us” and “The Edge of the Sea” which helped for advancing the Global Environmental Movement.
Google honored Rachel Carson on May 27th, 2014 by showing a Doodle for her.
Read below the Quotes of Rachel Carson.
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.
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in
But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.
In nature nothing exists alone.
In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.
The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography or history or fiction. It seems to me, then, that there can be no separate literature of science.
The real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth — soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife. To utilize them for present needs while insuring their preservation for future generations requires a delicately balanced and continuing program, based on the most extensive research.
I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life — past, present, and future.
A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.
The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.
It is not half so important to know as to feel.
A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.
One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew i would never see it again?”
Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life.
It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility.
