As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
JOHN MUIRNature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
More John Muir Quotes
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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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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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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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Take me into the mountains.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
JOHN MUIR






