Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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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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.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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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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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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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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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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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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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Going to the mountains is going home.
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At 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.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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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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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
JOHN MUIR