Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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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Wildness is a necessity.
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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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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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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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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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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.
JOHN MUIR






