To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
JOHN MUIRIn our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
More John Muir Quotes
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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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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Take me into the mountains.
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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
JOHN MUIR