It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
JOHN MUIRNothing truly wild is unclean.
More John Muir Quotes
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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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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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
JOHN MUIR