A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
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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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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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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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