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 MUIRThe 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.
More John Muir Quotes
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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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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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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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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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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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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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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