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

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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John Muir
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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

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Trees
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Nature
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I am two with nature. – Woody Allen

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To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature. – Auguste Rodin

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Nature

Fieldes have eies and woods have eares. – John Heywood, 1565

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Nature

A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art. – Louis Nizer

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Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. – Jennifer Yane

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Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose. – Walter Savage Landor

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