The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
JOHN MUIRThe sun shines not on us but in us.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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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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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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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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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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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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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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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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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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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
JOHN MUIR