Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
JOHN MUIRNothing dollarable is safe.
More John Muir Quotes
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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Take me into the mountains.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
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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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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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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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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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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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