Wildness is a necessity.
JOHN MUIRClimb the mountains and get their good tidings.
More John Muir Quotes
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Take me into the mountains.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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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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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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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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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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