How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
JOHN MUIRHidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
More John Muir Quotes
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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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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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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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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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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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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.
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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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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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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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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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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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Going to the woods is going home.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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