Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
JOHN MUIREverything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
More John Muir Quotes
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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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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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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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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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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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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 we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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