The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
JOHN MUIRAs long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
More John Muir Quotes
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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 galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
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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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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
JOHN MUIR






