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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.

John Muir

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

Close Friendship Learning Live Measure Separate Soul
Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
JOHN MUIR

Beautiful Children Communication Death Life Nature Walk
Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
JOHN MUIR

Enthusiasm Joy Nature One Liner Spring Work
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.
JOHN MUIR

Afternoon Course Life Man Mountain Sunset
On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
JOHN MUIR

Death Ideas
How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
JOHN MUIR

Blind Creature Narrow Selfish Sympathy
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
JOHN MUIR

Nature Travel Walk
Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
JOHN MUIR

Listen Men Mountain Society Speak Wisdom Wise
No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
JOHN MUIR

Beautiful God One Liner Perfecton Synonym
Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
JOHN MUIR

DAngry Home Nature Place Travel World
But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
JOHN MUIR

Blow Darkness Display Impressive Night Storm Waves
In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
JOHN MUIR

Beautiful Forest Individual Nature Species Tree Variety
One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
JOHN MUIR

Book Exposure Hiking Mountain Travel Trekking
But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
JOHN MUIR

Government Nature Travel Wild
A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
JOHN MUIR

Immortal Nature Sick Young
Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
JOHN MUIR

Deep Forest Forget Green Naturem Wood

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