We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
JOHN MUIRHandle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
More John Muir Quotes
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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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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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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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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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
JOHN MUIR






