When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
JOHN MUIRTo the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
More John Muir Quotes
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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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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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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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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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
JOHN MUIR






