Wildness is a necessity.
JOHN MUIRThe clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
More John Muir Quotes
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
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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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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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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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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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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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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