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 MUIRTherefore all childish fear must be put away.
More John Muir Quotes
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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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!
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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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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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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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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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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
JOHN MUIR