Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
JOHN MUIRAnd into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
More John Muir Quotes
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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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.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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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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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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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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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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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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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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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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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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