As if nothing that does not obviously make for the benefit of man had any right to exist; as if our ways were God’s ways.
JOHN MUIRBetween every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
More John Muir Quotes
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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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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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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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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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
JOHN MUIR