In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
JOHN MUIRYet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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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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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Take me into the mountains.
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