One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
JOHN MUIRIn drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
More John Muir Quotes
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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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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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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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 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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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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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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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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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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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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