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.
JOHN MUIRAs age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
More John Muir Quotes
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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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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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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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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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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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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