I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
JOHN MUIROne day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
More John Muir Quotes
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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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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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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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
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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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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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