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~ John Muir Quotes ~
« on: January 13, 2015, 06:49:03 PM »
John Muir Quotes


A Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.
John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914 ) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to save the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is now one of the most important conservation organizations in the United States.

Here are some famous quotes by John Muir. 




The mountains are calling and I must go.
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« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2015, 06:50:29 PM »
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2015, 06:51:21 PM »
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2015, 06:52:11 PM »
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2015, 06:53:02 PM »
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2015, 06:53:43 PM »
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2015, 06:54:29 PM »
To the lover of wilderness Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2015, 06:55:19 PM »
When we try to pick out anything by itself we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2015, 06:56:19 PM »
There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.
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« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2015, 06:57:04 PM »
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.
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« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2015, 06:57:58 PM »
I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do.
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« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2015, 06:58:32 PM »
Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly alone; no harm will befall you.
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« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2015, 06:59:07 PM »
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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« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2015, 06:59:42 PM »
Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away once in awhile and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.
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« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2015, 07:00:18 PM »
God has cared for these trees saved them from drought disease avalanches and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.
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