The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
JOHN MUIRWhat 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!
More John Muir Quotes
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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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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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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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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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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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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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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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