This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
JOHN MUIRThe clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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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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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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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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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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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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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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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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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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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
JOHN MUIR