I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
JOHN MUIREverybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
More John Muir Quotes
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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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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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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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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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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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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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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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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