The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
JOHN MUIRWe were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
More John Muir Quotes
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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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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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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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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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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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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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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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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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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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