There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
JOHN MUIRNothing truly wild is unclean.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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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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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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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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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.
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As if nothing that does not obviously make for the benefit of man had any right to exist; as if our ways were God’s ways.
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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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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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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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