The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery - not over nature but of ourselves

For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death

In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find resources of strength that will endure as long as life lasts

The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, 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

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.