The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
JOHN MUIROne touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Going to the mountains is going home.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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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.
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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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.
JOHN MUIR