In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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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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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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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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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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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 power of imagination makes us infinite.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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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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