The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
JOHN MUIRHow glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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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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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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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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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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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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Learn to live like the wild animals
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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