Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
JOHN MUIRNothing dollarable is safe.
More John Muir Quotes
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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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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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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.
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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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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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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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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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Wildness is a necessity.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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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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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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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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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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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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I never saw a discontented tree.
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