On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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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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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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