The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
JOHN MUIROne must labor for beauty as for bread.
More John Muir Quotes
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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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.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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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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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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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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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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In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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