"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 …"

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

"It is a truism that in this world of ours, just as in the world of the ancient Greeks, whom we have taught ourselves to admire, there is a certain fatalism."

"It is a appalling that the public is not being told the truth about what is happening to their environment."

"The control of nature is a phrase born of arrogance."