Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
JOHN MUIROnly 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.
More John Muir Quotes
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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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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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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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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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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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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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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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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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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