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.
JOHN MUIRBetween every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
More John Muir Quotes
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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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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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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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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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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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.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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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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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
JOHN MUIR