I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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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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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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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