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.
JOHN MUIROne should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
More John Muir Quotes
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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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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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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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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.
JOHN MUIR






