We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
JOHN MUIRThe soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
More John Muir Quotes
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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As if nothing that does not obviously make for the benefit of man had any right to exist; as if our ways were God’s ways.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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