There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
JOHN MUIRSpring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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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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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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.
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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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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
JOHN MUIR