In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
JOHN MUIRI never saw a discontented tree.
More John Muir Quotes
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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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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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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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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Learn to live like the wild animals
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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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 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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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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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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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
JOHN MUIR