How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
JOHN MUIRHow glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
More John Muir Quotes
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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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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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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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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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.
JOHN MUIR






