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 MUIRHidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
More John Muir Quotes
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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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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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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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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Wildness is a necessity.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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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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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.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
JOHN MUIR