I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
JOHN MUIRAt 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.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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