In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
JOHN MUIRGo where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
More John Muir Quotes
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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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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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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As if nothing that does not obviously make for the benefit of man had any right to exist; as if our ways were God’s ways.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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