Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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Wildness is a necessity.
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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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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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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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