In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
JOHN MUIRTake me into the mountains.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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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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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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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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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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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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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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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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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
JOHN MUIR