And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
JOHN MUIRI 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.
More John Muir Quotes
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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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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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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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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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of 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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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
JOHN MUIR






