This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
JOHN MUIRWriting is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
More John Muir Quotes
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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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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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
JOHN MUIR