In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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 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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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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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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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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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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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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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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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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