The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
JOHN MUIRWildness is a necessity.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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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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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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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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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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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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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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