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.
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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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Take me into the mountains.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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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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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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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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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
JOHN MUIR






