Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
JOHN MUIRIt 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.
More John Muir Quotes
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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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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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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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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The mountains are calling and I must go.
JOHN MUIR