Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
JOHN MUIRThe clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Going to the woods is going home.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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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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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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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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Learn to live like the wild animals
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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