No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
JOHN MUIRI never saw a discontented tree.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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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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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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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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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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