Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
JOHN MUIRIn drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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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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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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As if nothing that does not obviously make for the benefit of man had any right to exist; as if our ways were God’s ways.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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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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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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