John Muir on friendship
John Muir97 quotes“The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.”
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
John MuirJohn Muir I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
John MuirJohn Muir Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
John MuirJohn Muir Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
John MuirJohn Muir And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
John MuirJohn Muir Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
John MuirJohn Muir Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
John MuirJohn Muir Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
John MuirJohn Muir All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
John MuirJohn Muir Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
John MuirJohn Muir The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
John MuirJohn Muir Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
John MuirJohn Muir Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
John MuirJohn Muir Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
John MuirJohn Muir The power of imagination makes us infinite.
John MuirJohn Muir Going to the mountains is going home.
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