I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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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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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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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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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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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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Take me into the mountains.
JOHN MUIR