Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
JOHN MUIRAnd into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
More John Muir Quotes
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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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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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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Take me into the mountains.
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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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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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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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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