Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
JOHN MUIRWe all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
More John Muir Quotes
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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
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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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Wildness is a necessity.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
JOHN MUIR






