Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
JOHN MUIRNo synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
More John Muir Quotes
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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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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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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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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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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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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
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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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