Wildness is a necessity.
JOHN MUIRThe clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Take me into the mountains.
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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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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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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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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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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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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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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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