Nothing truly wild is unclean.
JOHN MUIRGoing to the woods is going home.
More John Muir Quotes
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Going to the woods is going home.
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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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Take me into the mountains.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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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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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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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.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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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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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
JOHN MUIR