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.
JOHN MUIRWe all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
More John Muir Quotes
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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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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In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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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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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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Take me into the mountains.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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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.
JOHN MUIR






