John Scott > Quotes

“Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.”
― John Scott

“It is the best of things American – imaginative and bold, an exciting celebration of the wilderness but accessible to all, federal in structure and participative in approach, publicly owned, a little miracle. I have travelled all this way in miles and years to celebrate my confused relationship with the US, prompted almost entirely by cultural and political interests, only to discover it is the land which captures me and points me towards a clearer understanding. In modern America it would be impossible to develop the Trail from scratch, so much have things changed. The barriers are now too big. This should encourage us to celebrate the Trail’s existence all the more.”
― John Scott, To The Woods: A Journey Along The Appalachian Trail

“Retort on Mordaunt's "The Call"

I hate that drum's discordant sound, parading round, and round: To thoughtless youth it pleasure yields, and lures from cities and from fields, to sell their liberty for charms of tawdry lace, and glittering arms; and when Ambition's voice commands, to march, and fight, and fall in foreign lands. I hate that drum's discordant sound, parading round and round; to me it talks of ravag'd plains, and burning towns, and ruin'd swains, and mangled limbs, and dying groans, and widows' tears, and orphans' moans; and all that Misery's hand bestows, to fill the catalogue of human woes.”
― John Scott of Amwell