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.
JOHN MUIRGo quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
More John Muir Quotes
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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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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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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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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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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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
JOHN MUIR






