Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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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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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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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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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
JOHN MUIR






