In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
JOHN MUIRRaindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
More John Muir Quotes
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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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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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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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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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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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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