I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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Take me into the mountains.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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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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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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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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