Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
JOHN MUIRAs long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
More John Muir Quotes
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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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.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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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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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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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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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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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I never saw a discontented tree.
JOHN MUIR






