Going to the woods is going home.
JOHN MUIRTake me into the mountains.
More John Muir Quotes
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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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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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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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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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 ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
JOHN MUIR






