I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
JOHN MUIRThe world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
More John Muir Quotes
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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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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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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