The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
JOHN MUIRA part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
More John Muir Quotes
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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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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In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Take me into the mountains.
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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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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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