One must labor for beauty as for bread.
JOHN MUIRIn every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
More John Muir Quotes
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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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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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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