Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
JOHN MUIRThe soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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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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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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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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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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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new 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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In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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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.
JOHN MUIR