But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
JOHN MUIRIf people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
More John Muir Quotes
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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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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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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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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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
JOHN MUIR