In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
JOHN MUIRAnd into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
More John Muir Quotes
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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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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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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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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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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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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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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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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