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 MUIRIn the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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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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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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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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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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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 nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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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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