When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
JOHN MUIRMost people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
More John Muir Quotes
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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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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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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