When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
JOHN MUIRI only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
More John Muir Quotes
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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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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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
JOHN MUIR