In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
JOHN MUIRWe were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
More John Muir Quotes
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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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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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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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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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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