The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
JOHN MUIRThe world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
More John Muir Quotes
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Take me into the mountains.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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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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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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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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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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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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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
JOHN MUIR