More from John 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 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.
John MuirJohn Muir The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
John MuirJohn Muir It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
John MuirJohn Muir We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
John MuirJohn Muir I never saw a discontented tree.
John MuirJohn Muir
Original quotes
From our community writers
Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
Lang LeavLang Leav
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More on harm
Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
Graham GreeneGraham Greene Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
Graham GreeneGraham Greene Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.
Steve MartinSteve Martin As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don’t think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, ‘I’m probably no better than you, but I’m certainly your equal.
Harper LeeHarper Lee To the Spains will come a very powerful king, by land and sea subjugating the South; This will cause harm, lowering again the crescent, clipping the wings of those of Friday.
NostradamusNostradamus Evil person causes harm even if treated well.
ChanakyaChanakya A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
ChanakyaChanakya No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi