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.
JOHN MUIRAnd into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
More John Muir Quotes
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Wildness is a necessity.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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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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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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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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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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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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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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