The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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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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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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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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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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