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.
JOHN MUIRThe world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
More John Muir Quotes
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Going to the woods is going home.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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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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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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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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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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