Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
JOHN MUIRThere 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.
More John Muir Quotes
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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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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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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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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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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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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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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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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