I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
JOHN MUIROf all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
More John Muir Quotes
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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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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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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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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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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