I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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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 our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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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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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
JOHN MUIR