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Forests Quotes by John Muir
- The mountains are fountains of men as well as of rivers, of glaciers, of fertile soil. The great poets, philosophers, prophets, able men whose thoughts…
- Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed,-chased and hunted down as long as fun…
- The battle we have fought, and are still fighting, for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between right and wrong.
- The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted.
- Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts; and if people in general could…
- In studying the fate of our forest king, we have thus far considered the action of purely natural causes only; but, unfortunately, man is in…
- 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…
- The finest of the glacier meadow gardens lie ...imbedded in the upper pine forests like lakes of light.
- In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others
- Indians walk softly and hurt the landscape hardly more than the birds and squirrels, and their brush and bark huts last hardly longer than those…
- The Big Tree is Nature's forest masterpiece, and so far as I know, the greatest of living things.
- The redwood is one of the few conifers that sprout from the stump and roots, and it declares itself willing to begin immediately to repair…
- Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed-chased and hunted down as long as fun…
- The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
- A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though…
- Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
More Forests Quotes
- In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our… — John James Audubon
- We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to… — Diane Ackerman
- Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him… — Charles Baudelaire
- We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean up the… — Ed Begley, Jr.
- I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees,… — Wendell Berry
- A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a… — Hal Borland
- Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this… — Bill Bradley
- I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest. — A. Whitney Brown
- I would definitely return to Austria. They were all good experiences for me, but definitely Austria because there were some ancient Celtic,… — Nicolas Cage
- The snake kills by squeezing very slowly. This is how the civilized world slowly, slowly pushes into the forest and takes away… — James Cameron
- When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an… — Thomas Carlyle
- The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own. — Willa Cather