To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
JOHN MUIREvery sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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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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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.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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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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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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