Going to the woods is going home.
JOHN MUIRI 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.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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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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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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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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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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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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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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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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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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