All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
JOHN MUIRI ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
More John Muir Quotes
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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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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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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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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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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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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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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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.
JOHN MUIR