Take me into the mountains.
JOHN MUIRNot blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
More John Muir Quotes
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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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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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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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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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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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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