At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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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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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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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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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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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
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But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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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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