Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
JOHN MUIRSociety speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
More John Muir Quotes
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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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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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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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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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
JOHN MUIR