To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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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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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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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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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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Wildness is a necessity.
JOHN MUIR