Nothing truly wild is unclean.
JOHN MUIRNothing truly wild is unclean.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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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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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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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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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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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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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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