No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
JOHN MUIRGo quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
More John Muir Quotes
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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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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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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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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.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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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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Going to the woods is going home.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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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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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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