We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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 deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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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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I never saw a discontented tree.
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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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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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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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 glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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