The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
JOHN MUIRAnd into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
More John Muir Quotes
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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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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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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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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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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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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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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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