It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
JOHN MUIRWhen we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
More John Muir Quotes
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At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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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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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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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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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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