In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
JOHN MUIRBut we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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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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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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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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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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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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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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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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.
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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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