Nothing dollarable is safe.
JOHN MUIROne must labor for beauty as for bread.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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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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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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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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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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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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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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