The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
JOHN MUIRI only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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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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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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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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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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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
JOHN MUIR