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.
JOHN MUIRIn God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
More John Muir Quotes
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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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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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in 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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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
JOHN MUIR






