How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
JOHN MUIRThe power of imagination makes us infinite.
More John Muir Quotes
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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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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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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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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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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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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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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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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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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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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