Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
JOHN MUIRWho wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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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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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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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 drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
JOHN MUIR