Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
JOHN MUIRThis is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
More John Muir Quotes
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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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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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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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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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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