There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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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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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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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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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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