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.
JOHN MUIRNot blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
More John Muir Quotes
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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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.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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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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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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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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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
JOHN MUIR






