Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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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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Going to the woods is going home.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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