On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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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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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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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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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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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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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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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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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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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
JOHN MUIR






