It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
JOHN MUIRIt is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
More John Muir Quotes
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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