The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
JOHN MUIRWe all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
More John Muir Quotes
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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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 ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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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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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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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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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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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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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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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.
JOHN MUIR






