One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
JOHN MUIRWriting is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
More John Muir Quotes
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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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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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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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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The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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