As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
JOHN MUIRAnd into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
More John Muir Quotes
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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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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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In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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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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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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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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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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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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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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