I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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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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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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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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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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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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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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