In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
JOHN MUIRBut we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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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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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
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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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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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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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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
JOHN MUIR






