Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
JOHN MUIRYet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
More John Muir Quotes
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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of 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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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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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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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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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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