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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.

John Muir

This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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Death Die Glory Mountain Reality Time
Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
JOHN MUIR

Nature Peace Travel World
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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Care Disease Flood Fools God Save Tree
In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
JOHN MUIR

Nature One Liner Receive Seek Travel Walk
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

Civil Garden Increase Park Recognize Value World
In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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Church Mountain Nature Religion Time Turn
Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Hiking Mountain Nature One Liner Trekking Unclean
All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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Holiday Nature Wander Wild World
Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
JOHN MUIR

Blind One Liner Opposition Progress
We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
JOHN MUIR

Life Men One Liner Together Travel Tree
Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
JOHN MUIR

Deep Forest Forget Green Naturem Wood
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!
JOHN MUIR

Earth Fresh Leaf Psalm Sing Smell Storm Sweet Voice Wash
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.
JOHN MUIR

Belief Darkness Heart Ignorance Inspirational People Tree
But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Government Nature Travel Wild
Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
JOHN MUIR

Angel Guardian Guide Inspirational People Sheep Storm
Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
JOHN MUIR

Beautiful Beneath Beyond Forever Nature

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