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The sun shines not on us but in us.

John Muir

As if nothing that does not obviously make for the benefit of man had any right to exist; as if our ways were God’s ways.
JOHN MUIR

Benefit Exist God Man
The mountains are calling and I must go.
JOHN MUIR

Excitement Hiking Mountain One Liner Travel Trekking
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.
JOHN MUIR

Deep Forest Forget Green Naturem Wood
Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
JOHN MUIR

Build Feed Himself Individual Inspirational Lead Sight
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
JOHN MUIR

Nature Travel Walk
How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
JOHN MUIR

Blind Creature Narrow Selfish Sympathy
I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
JOHN MUIR

Light Love Moon Run Stride Strong Sun
There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
JOHN MUIR

Fragment Harmony Nature Relative
In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
JOHN MUIR

Beautiful Forest Individual Nature Species Tree Variety
But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
JOHN MUIR

Blow Darkness Display Impressive Night Storm Waves
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
JOHN MUIR

Climb Hiking Mountain Tide Travel Trekking
Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
JOHN MUIR

Gold Hide Nature One Liner Wild
Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
JOHN MUIR

Nature One Liner Peace Sun Sunshine Tree
The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
JOHN MUIR

Darkness Nature One Liner Travel World
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.
JOHN MUIR

Civil Garden Increase Park Recognize Value World
One must labor for beauty as for bread.
JOHN MUIR

Beautiful Bread Labor Life One Liner

The sun shines not on us but in us.

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