Going to the mountains is going home.
JOHN MUIROne touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
More John Muir Quotes
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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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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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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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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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
JOHN MUIR