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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.

John Muir

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.
JOHN MUIR

Blossom Change Darkness Flower Frozen Rain Rainbow Sky Snow
Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
JOHN MUIR

Mountain Prize Reward Travel World
Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
JOHN MUIR

Enthusiasm Joy Nature One Liner Spring Work
Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
JOHN MUIR

Book Direction Guide Ignorant People Power Travel
Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
JOHN MUIR

Glacier Grind Life One Liner Writing
As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
JOHN MUIR

Age Close Enjoyment Failure Nature Peace
Going to the woods is going home.
JOHN MUIR

Home Nature One Liner Peace
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.
JOHN MUIR

Beautiful Body Cheer Healing Nature Place Play Pray Soul Strength
It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
JOHN MUIR

Dead Earn Earthquake Interesting People
The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
JOHN MUIR

Friendship Loneliness Sense Solitude
We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
JOHN MUIR

Enthusiasm Hiking Mountain Nature Trekking
The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
JOHN MUIR

Aware Civilization Healing Wound
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
JOHN MUIR

Nature Travel Walk
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.
JOHN MUIR

Belief Darkness Heart Ignorance Inspirational People Tree
Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
JOHN MUIR

Build Feed Himself Individual Inspirational Lead Sight
In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
JOHN MUIR

Deep Dry FAction Fire Healing Heart Plant

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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