And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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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Going to the mountains is going home.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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It 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.
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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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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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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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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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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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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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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 galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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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.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
JOHN MUIR