A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
JOHN MUIRSo also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
More John Muir Quotes
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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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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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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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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Take me into the mountains.
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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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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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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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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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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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