What 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!
JOHN MUIRThe rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
More John Muir Quotes
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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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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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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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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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Take me into the mountains.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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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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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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Going to the mountains is going home.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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