There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
JOHN MUIRAnyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
More John Muir Quotes
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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Take me into the mountains.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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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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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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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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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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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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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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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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