Nothing truly wild is unclean.
JOHN MUIRThe making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
More John Muir Quotes
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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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 galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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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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