Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
JOHN MUIRGo quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
More John Muir Quotes
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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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.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
JOHN MUIR






