"The elemental simplicities of wilderness travel were thrills not only because of their novelty, but because they represented complete freedom to make mistakes. … Perhaps every youth needs an occasional wilderness trip, in order to learn the meaning of this particular freedom."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Academics from the United StatesPhilosophers from the United StatesAuthors from the United StatesNaturalists from the United StatesEcologists
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
“Wisconsin: Flambeau”, p. 113.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aldo_Leopold
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was a United States wildlife biologist and conservationist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac (1949), which has sold more than two million copies.
121 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Aldo Leopold →
Related Quotes
"Above all we should, in the century since Darwin, have come to know that man, while now captain of the adventuring sh…"
"On a fair morning the mountain invited you to get down and roll in its new grass and flowers (your less inhibited hor…"
"Sometimes in June, when I see unearned dividends of dew hung on every lupine, I have doubts about the real poverty of…"
"It is a century now since Darwin gave us the first glimpse of the origin of species. We know now what was unknown to …"
"There are a few sections of uncut timber, luckily state-owned."
"When I call to mind my earliest impressions, I wonder whether the process ordinarily referred to as growing up is not…"
"Relegating grizzlies to Alaska is about like relegating happiness heaven; one may never get there."
"Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization."
"Our grandfathers were less well-housed, well-fed, well-clothed than we are. The strivings by which they bettered thei…"
"It must be poor life that achieves freedom from fear."