In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
JOHN MUIRBeauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
More John Muir Quotes
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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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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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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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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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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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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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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