A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
JOHN MUIRWhen we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
More John Muir Quotes
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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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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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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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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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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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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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.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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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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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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