Going to the woods is going home.
JOHN MUIRThe sun shines not on us but in us.
More John Muir Quotes
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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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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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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Take me into the mountains.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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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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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
JOHN MUIR