We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
JOHN MUIRTake me into the mountains.
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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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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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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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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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