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.
JOHN MUIREverything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
More John Muir Quotes
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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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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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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