There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
JOHN MUIRWe are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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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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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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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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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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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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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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