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 MUIRTake me into the mountains.
More John Muir Quotes
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
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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.
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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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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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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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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
JOHN MUIR