Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
JOHN MUIRWhen one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
More John Muir Quotes
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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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.
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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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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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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
JOHN MUIR