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.
JOHN MUIRThe 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.
More John Muir Quotes
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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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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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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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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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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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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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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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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