It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
JOHN MUIRWriting is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
More John Muir Quotes
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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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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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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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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I never saw a discontented tree.
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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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