Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
JOHN MUIRIn God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
More John Muir Quotes
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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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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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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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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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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