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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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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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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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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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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Learn to live like the wild animals
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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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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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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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