The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
JOHN MUIRGoing to the mountains is going home.
More John Muir Quotes
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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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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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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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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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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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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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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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 only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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It 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.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
JOHN MUIR