Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
JOHN MUIRThis time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
More John Muir Quotes
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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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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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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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!
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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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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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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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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
JOHN MUIR






