Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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 day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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Take me into the mountains.
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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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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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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.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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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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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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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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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.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
JOHN MUIR