Going to the woods is going home.
JOHN MUIRLet children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
More John Muir Quotes
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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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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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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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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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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Take me into the mountains.
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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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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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