As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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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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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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