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.
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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Learn to live like the wild animals
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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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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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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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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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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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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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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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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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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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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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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