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 MUIREvery hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
More John Muir Quotes
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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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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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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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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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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Take me into the mountains.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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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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