Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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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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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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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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
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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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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
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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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In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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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.
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Going to the woods is going home.
JOHN MUIR