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.
JOHN MUIRGoing to the woods is going home.
More John Muir Quotes
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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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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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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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.
JOHN MUIR