"The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography or history or fiction. It seems to me, then, that there can be no separate lite…"

"The ocean is a vast and mysterious realm, full of wonders yet to be discovered."

"Our heedless and destructive uses of the earth's resources are a form of self-destruction."

"As crude a weapon as the cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life—a fabric on the one hand delicate and destructible, on the other miraculously informed with po…"

"The more we understand the intricate web of life, the more we will appreciate its fragility."