Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
JOHN MUIRThere is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
More John Muir Quotes
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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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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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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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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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
JOHN MUIR