How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
JOHN MUIROn no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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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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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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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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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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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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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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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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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
JOHN MUIR






