Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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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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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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