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.
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 world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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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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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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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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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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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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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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