In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
JOHN MUIRNothing truly wild is unclean.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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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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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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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.
JOHN MUIR