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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.
John MuirJohn Muir This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
John MuirJohn Muir To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
John MuirJohn Muir Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
John MuirJohn Muir In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
John MuirJohn Muir 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.
John MuirJohn Muir Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
John MuirJohn Muir Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
John MuirJohn Muir Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
John MuirJohn Muir In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
John MuirJohn Muir 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
John MuirJohn Muir I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
John MuirJohn Muir Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
John MuirJohn Muir The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
John MuirJohn Muir Going to the woods is going home.
John MuirJohn Muir Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
John MuirJohn Muir
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