It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
JOHN MUIRLet children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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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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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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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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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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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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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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