Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
JOHN MUIROne day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
More John Muir Quotes
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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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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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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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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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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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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