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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.

John Muir

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 MUIR

Afternoon Course Life Man Mountain Sunset
But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
JOHN MUIR

Blow Darkness Display Impressive Night Storm Waves
This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
JOHN MUIR

Defend Frost Love Lover Nature Rejoice Reservation Wild
On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
JOHN MUIR

Death Ideas
Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
JOHN MUIR

Black Feeling Loneliness Night Silence
Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
JOHN MUIR

Beautiful Children Communication Death Life Nature Walk
Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
JOHN MUIR

Deep Dirty Inspirational Life Nature Path Travel
Learn to live like the wild animals
JOHN MUIR

Animal Learning Live One Liner Travel Wild
Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
JOHN MUIR

Book Direction Guide Ignorant People Power Travel
Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
JOHN MUIR

Nature Peace Travel World
In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
JOHN MUIR

Church Mountain Nature Religion Time Turn
Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
JOHN MUIR

Direction Freedom Hiking Mountain Peace Quiet Walk
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.
JOHN MUIR

Belief Darkness Heart Ignorance Inspirational People Tree
The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
JOHN MUIR

Body Flow Past Peace River Sing Substance Vibrate
The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
JOHN MUIR

Aware Civilization Healing Wound
Nothing dollarable is safe.
JOHN MUIR

Nature One Liner Safe Wild

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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