On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
JOHN MUIRNothing truly wild is unclean.
More John Muir Quotes
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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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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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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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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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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