In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
JOHN MUIRWriting is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
More John Muir Quotes
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Take me into the mountains.
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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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Learn to live like the wild animals
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
JOHN MUIR