How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
JOHN MUIRLearn to live like the wild animals
More John Muir Quotes
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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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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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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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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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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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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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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Take me into the mountains.
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