Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
JOHN MUIREverything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
More John Muir Quotes
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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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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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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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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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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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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