But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
JOHN MUIRNothing truly wild is unclean.
More John Muir Quotes
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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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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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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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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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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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 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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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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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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