We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
JOHN MUIRAs long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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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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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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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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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 galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
JOHN MUIR






