Wildness is a necessity.
JOHN MUIRWalk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
More John Muir Quotes
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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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 power of imagination makes us infinite.
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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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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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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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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
JOHN MUIR






