Nothing truly wild is unclean.
JOHN MUIROne touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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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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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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