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.
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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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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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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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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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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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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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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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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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.
JOHN MUIR