Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
JOHN MUIRTo the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
More John Muir Quotes
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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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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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I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
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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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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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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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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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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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