Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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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.
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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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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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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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.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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