One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
JOHN MUIRWe were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
More John Muir Quotes
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I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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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 making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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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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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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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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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
JOHN MUIR