Going to the mountains is going home.
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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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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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 power of imagination makes us infinite.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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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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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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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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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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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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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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