As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
JOHN MUIRMountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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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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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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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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