I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
JOHN MUIRWildness is a necessity.
More John Muir Quotes
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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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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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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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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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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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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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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