Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
JOHN MUIRClimb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
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Take me into the mountains.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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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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Going to the mountains is going home.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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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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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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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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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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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
JOHN MUIR






