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Quote by John Muir
The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed natur

The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual. – John Muir

Other quotes by John Muir

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it. – John Muir

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Bees
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. – John Muir

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Travel
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There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creations braggart lords. – John Muir

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power
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Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Nature

Our downfall as a species is that we are arrogant enough to think that we can control Mother Nature and stupid enough to think it is our job. – Greg Peterson, 1997, www.urbanfarm.org

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Nature

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit. – Aristotle

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Nature

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. – Henry David Thoreau

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Nature

Random Quotes

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn. – Chinese Proverb

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Goodness

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Future

Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to make astronomical profits, and addicts rob and steal to get money to pay the inflated prices for their drugs. – Michael Badnarik

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Money

Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man. – Felix Frankfurter

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Age