Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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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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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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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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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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