One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
JOHN MUIRNot blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
More John Muir Quotes
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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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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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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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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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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Going to the woods is going home.
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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
JOHN MUIR