Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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 never saw a discontented tree.
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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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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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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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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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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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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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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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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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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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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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