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 MUIRI care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
More John Muir Quotes
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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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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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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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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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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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
JOHN MUIR