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.
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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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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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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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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