Take me into the mountains.
JOHN MUIRThe deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
More John Muir Quotes
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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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 deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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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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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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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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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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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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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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