The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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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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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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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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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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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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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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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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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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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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Take me into the mountains.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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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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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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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 world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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