Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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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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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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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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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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