If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
JOHN MUIRIt was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
More John Muir Quotes
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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