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 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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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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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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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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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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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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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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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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