Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
JOHN MUIREverything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
More John Muir Quotes
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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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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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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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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