Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
JOHN MUIRThe 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.
More John Muir Quotes
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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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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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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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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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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