In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
JOHN MUIRNot blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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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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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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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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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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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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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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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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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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