No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
JOHN MUIRThe world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
More John Muir Quotes
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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