Quotes about Environment

We must not only protect the country side and save it from destruction, we must resort what has been destroyed and salvage the beauty and charm of our cities... Once our natural splendor is destroyed, it can never be recaptured. And once man can no longer walk with beauty or wonder at nature, his spirit will wither and his sustenance be wasted.

when you and I roll around in thoughts that stink, it affects the atmosphere everywhere we go.

Touch nature. I'm serious—every day, your soul needs to engage creation.

For the religious spirit is like the flu—it is constantly adapting to the environment.

The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet.

Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable .. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.

I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.

Our stewardship of the Earth is brief. We owe it to those who follow to keep that in perspective, to be responsible passengers along the way.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.

People who minister worldwide to protect and conserve the environment are of no lower status than those who minister to plant churches.

The choice to 'do nothing' in response to the mounting evidence is actually a choice to continue and even accelerate the reckless environmental destruction that is creating the catastrophe at hand.