I never saw a discontented tree.
JOHN MUIRBut we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
More John Muir Quotes
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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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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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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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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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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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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