Rachel Carson Quotes about War

But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.

But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.

Inspirational, Motivational, War

Paul Brooks, Rachel Carson (1972). “The house of life: Rachel Carson at work”

We still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven't become mature enough to think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast and incredible universe. Man's attitude toward nature is today critically important simply because we have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.

Rachel Carson

Attitude, War, Men

Paul Brooks, Rachel Carson (1972). “The house of life: Rachel Carson at work”

The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.

Rachel Carson

War, Civilization, Losing

Rachel Carson (2002). “Silent Spring”, p.99, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Until we have courage to recognize cruelty for what it is - whether its victim is human or animal - we cannot expect things to be much better in the world. There can be no double standard. We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight in killing, we set back the progress of humanity.

Rachel Carson

Peace, War, Heart

"Rachel Carson: Legacy and Challenge", ed. Lisa H. Sideris and Kathleen Dean Moore Albany: State University of New York Press, (p. 102), 2008.

Along with the possibility of extinction of mankind by nuclear war, the central problem of our age has therefore become the contamination of man's total environment with such substances of incredible potential for harm-substances that accumulate in the tissues of plants and animals and even penetrate the germ cells to shatter or alter the very material of heredity upon which the shape of the future depends.

Rachel Carson

War, Animal, Men

Rachel Carson (2002). “Silent Spring”, p.8, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt