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.
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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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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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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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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As if nothing that does not obviously make for the benefit of man had any right to exist; as if our ways were God’s ways.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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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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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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