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.
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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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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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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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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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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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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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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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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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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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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