Nothing truly wild is unclean.
JOHN MUIRWhen one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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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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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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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 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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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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