The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
JOHN MUIRLet children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
More John Muir Quotes
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Wildness is a necessity.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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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 clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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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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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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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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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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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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