Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life. – John Muir
The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual. – John Muir
Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life. – John Muir
The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual. – John Muir
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 to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. – John Muir
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. – John Muir
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. – Henry David Thoreau