The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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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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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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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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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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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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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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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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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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