We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
JOHN MUIRThere 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.
More John Muir Quotes
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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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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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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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Wildness is a necessity.
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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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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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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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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Take me into the mountains.
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