I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
JOHN MUIRCome to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
More John Muir Quotes
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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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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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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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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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
JOHN MUIR






