Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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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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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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One must labor for beauty as for bread.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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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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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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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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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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