Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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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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Going to the mountains is going home.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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