Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
JOHN MUIRGo where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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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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Going to the mountains is going home.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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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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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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