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.
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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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.
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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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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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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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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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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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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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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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