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.
JOHN MUIRMost people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
More John Muir Quotes
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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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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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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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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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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