Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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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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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
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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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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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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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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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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
JOHN MUIR