This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
JOHN MUIRRaindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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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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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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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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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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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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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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