There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
JOHN MUIRThis is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Going to the woods is going home.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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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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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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Wildness is a necessity.
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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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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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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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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
JOHN MUIR