Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
JOHN MUIRIn God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
More John Muir Quotes
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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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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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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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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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
JOHN MUIR






