Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
JOHN MUIRYet 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.
More John Muir Quotes
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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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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.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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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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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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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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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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