The sun shines not on us but in us.
JOHN MUIRNo synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
More John Muir Quotes
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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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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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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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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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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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
JOHN MUIR