One must labor for beauty as for bread.
JOHN MUIRGo where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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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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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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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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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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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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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
JOHN MUIR