How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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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 touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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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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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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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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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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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!
JOHN MUIR