I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
JOHN MUIROne should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
More John Muir Quotes
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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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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Going to the woods is going home.
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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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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 mountains are calling and I must go.
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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.
JOHN MUIR