Quotes by John Muir

Doubly happy, however, is the man whom lofty mountain tops are within reach, for the...

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The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried...

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The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is...

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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

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One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no...

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Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a...

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In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

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I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it,...

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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!

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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand...

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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where...

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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

#John Muir