Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
JOHN MUIRWhat 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!
More John Muir Quotes
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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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Take me into the mountains.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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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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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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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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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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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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