Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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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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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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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.
JOHN MUIR