We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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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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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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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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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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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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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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Going to the mountains is going home.
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