Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
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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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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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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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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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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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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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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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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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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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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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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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