The sun shines not on us but in us.
JOHN MUIRNothing truly wild is unclean.
More John Muir Quotes
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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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 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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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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Take me into the mountains.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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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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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
JOHN MUIR






