Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
JOHN MUIRAs long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
More John Muir Quotes
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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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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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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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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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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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.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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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.
JOHN MUIR