How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
JOHN MUIREvery sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
More John Muir Quotes
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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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 power of imagination makes us infinite.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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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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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
JOHN MUIR