In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
JOHN MUIRNo synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
More John Muir Quotes
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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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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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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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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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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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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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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Take me into the mountains.
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As if nothing that does not obviously make for the benefit of man had any right to exist; as if our ways were God’s ways.
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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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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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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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