But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
JOHN MUIRAnd into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
More John Muir Quotes
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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 sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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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.
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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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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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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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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
JOHN MUIR






