Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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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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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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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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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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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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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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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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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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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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