The sun shines not on us but in us.
JOHN MUIRWalk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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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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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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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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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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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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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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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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