Nothing truly wild is unclean.
JOHN MUIRI never saw a discontented tree.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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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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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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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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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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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 clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
JOHN MUIR






