Nothing truly wild is unclean.
JOHN MUIRIn every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
More John Muir Quotes
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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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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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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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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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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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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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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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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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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