Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
JOHN MUIROn no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
More John Muir Quotes
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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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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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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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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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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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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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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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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