Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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Learn to live like the wild animals
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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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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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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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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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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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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