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.
JOHN MUIRWriting is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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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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Going to the woods is going home.
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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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