Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
JOHN MUIRWalk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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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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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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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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