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
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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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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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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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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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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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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