Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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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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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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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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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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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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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
JOHN MUIR