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 MUIRWhen we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
More John Muir Quotes
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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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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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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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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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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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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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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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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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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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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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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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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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