No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
JOHN MUIRNot blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
More John Muir Quotes
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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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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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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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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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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