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Man Quotes by John Muir
- The world, we are told, was made especially for man - a presumption not supported by all the facts... Why should man value himself as…
- Tell me what you will of the benefactions of city civilization, of the sweet security of streets-all as part of the natural upgrowth of man…
- When a man plants a tree, he plants himself.
- In nothing does man, with his grand notions of heaven and charity, show forth his innate, low-bred, wild animalism more clearly than in his treatment…
- 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 forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted.
- 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…
- Only spread a fern-frond over a man's head and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom and beauty and peace come in.
- Thus godlike sympathy grows and thrives and spreads far beyond the teachings of churches and schools, where too often the mean, blinding, loveless doctrine is…
- A man, in his books, may be said to walk the earth a long time after he is gone.
- Doubly happy, however, is the man to whom lofty mountain tops are within reach.
- Man is always and everywhere a blight on the landscape.
- They tell us that plants are not like man immortal, but are perishable-soul -less. I think that is something that we know exactly nothing about.
- I don't agree with you in saying that in all human minds there is poetry. Man as he came from the hand of his Maker…
- Man and other civilized animals are the only creatures that ever become dirty.
- Quench love, and what is left of a man's life but the folding of a few jointed bones and square inches of flesh? Who would…
- One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of…
- Doubly happy, however, is the man whom lofty mountain tops are within reach, for the lights that shine there illumine all that lies below
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle