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 MUIRBut it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
More John Muir Quotes
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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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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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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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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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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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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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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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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