Learn to live like the wild animals
JOHN MUIROn no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
More John Muir Quotes
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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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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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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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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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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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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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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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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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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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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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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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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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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