The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
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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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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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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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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.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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