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 MUIRIn every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
More John Muir Quotes
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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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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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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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
JOHN MUIR