So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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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.
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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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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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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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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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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!
JOHN MUIR