In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
JOHN MUIRThe 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.
More John Muir Quotes
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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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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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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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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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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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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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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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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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