There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
JOHN MUIRThis time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
More John Muir Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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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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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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