Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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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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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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As if nothing that does not obviously make for the benefit of man had any right to exist; as if our ways were God’s ways.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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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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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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