--- title: "4 Right and wrong Quotes By John Muir" description: "4 Right and wrong quotes by John Muir. Plus more from John Muir and more Right and wrong sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/688/john-muir-678_bats_the-battle-we-have-fought-and-are-still_348819.jpg" --- > [The battle we have fought, and are still fighting for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between right and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-battle-we-have-fought-and-are-still-fighting-for-the-forests-is-a/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/688/john-muir-678_bats_the-battle-we-have-fought-and-are-still_348819.jpg) > [“The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-making-of-gardens-and-parks-goes-on-with-civilization-all-over/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/john-muir-678_beauty_the-making-of-gardens-and-parks-goes-on_624518.jpg) > [The battle for conservation will go on endlessly. It is part of the universal battle between right and wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-battle-for-conservation-will-go-on-endlessly-it-is-part-of-the/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/john-muir-678_battle_the-battle-for-conservation-will-go-on-e_1083334.png) > [The battle we have fought, and are still fighting, for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between right and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-battle-we-have-fought-and-are-still-fighting-for-the-forests-is-a-2/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/john-muir-678_battle_the-battle-we-have-fought-and-are-still_1253950.png) ## Other authors on Right and wrong - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-suzy-kassem-596.jpg) Suzy Kassem 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/right-and-wrong/suzy-kassem/) - [Neale Donald Walsch 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/right-and-wrong/neale-donald-walsch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/right-and-wrong/haruki-murakami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-g-k-chesterton-224.jpg) G.K. Chesterton 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/right-and-wrong/g-k-chesterton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-fulton-j-sheen-36488.jpg) Fulton J. Sheen 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/right-and-wrong/fulton-j-sheen/) ## More by John Muir > [I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/i-will-follow-my-instincts-be-myself-for-good-or-ill-and-see-what/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [During my first years in the Sierra, I was ever calling on everybody within reach to admire them, but I found no one half…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/during-my-first-years-in-the-sierra-i-was-ever-calling-on-everybody/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/while-cares-will-drop-off-like-autumn-leaves/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [...full of God's thoughts, a place of peace and safety amid the most exalted grandeur and enthusiastic action, a new song, a place of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/full-of-god-s-thoughts-a-place-of-peace-and-safety-amid-the-most/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [“Here are the roots of all the life of the valleys, and here more simply than elsewhere is the eternal flux of nature manifested.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/here-are-the-roots-of-all-the-life-of-the-valleys-and-here-more/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/spring-work-is-going-on-with-joyful-enthusiasm/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [Our lives are rounded with a sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/our-lives-are-rounded-with-a-sleep/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/another-glorious-day-the-air-as-delicious-to-the-lungs-as-nectar-to/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [Long, blue, spiky-edged shadows crept out across the snow-fields, while a rosy glow, at first scarce discernible, gradually deepened and suffused every mountain-top, flushing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/long-blue-spiky-edged-shadows-crept-out-across-the-snow-fields-while/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/this-grand-show-is-eternal-it-is-always-sunrise-somewhere-the-dew-is/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/when-one-tugs-at-a-single-thing-in-nature-he-finds-it-attached-to-the/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [In studying the fate of our forest king, we have thus far considered the action of purely natural causes only; but, unfortunately, man is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/in-studying-the-fate-of-our-forest-king-we-have-thus-far-considered/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-forests-of-america-however-slighted-by-man-must-have-been-a-great/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [Man seems to be the only animal whose food soils him, making necessary much washing and shield-like bibs and napkins. Moles living in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/man-seems-to-be-the-only-animal-whose-food-soils-him-making-necessary/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/as-long-as-i-live-i-ll-hear-waterfalls-and-birds-and-winds-sing-i-ll/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/right-and-wrong/john-muir/#itemlist", "name": "4 Right and wrong Quotes By John Muir", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The battle we have fought, and are still fighting for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between right and wrong, and we cannot expect to see the end of it. …So we must count on watching and striving for these trees, and should always be glad to find anything so surely good and noble to strive for.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Muir" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-battle-we-have-fought-and-are-still-fighting-for-the-forests-is-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/688/john-muir-678_bats_the-battle-we-have-fought-and-are-still_348819.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/688/john-muir-678_bats_the-battle-we-have-fought-and-are-still_348819.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/688/john-muir-678_bats_the-battle-we-have-fought-and-are-still_348819.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The battle we have fought, and are still fighting for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between…” — John Muir", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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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