The sun shines not on us but in us.
JOHN MUIREarth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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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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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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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
JOHN MUIR