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John Muir Quotes

American - Environmentalist | April 21, 1838 - December 24, 1914

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.

Nature God Trees Fools Disease He

Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.

Heart Alone Travel Silence Dust Get

Rocks and waters, etc., are words of God, and so are men. We all flow from one fountain Soul. All are expressions of one Love.

Love God Men Soul Words Rocks

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

Good Wisdom Mountains Climb Get

Bread without flesh is a good diet, as on many botanical excursions I have proved. Tea also may easily be ignored. Just bread and water and delightful toil is all I need - not unreasonably much, yet one ought to be trained and tempered to enjoy life in these brave wilds in full independence of any particular kind of nourishment.

Life Good Enjoy Life Water Tea Diet

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.

Environmental Universe Find Try Out

To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.

Travel World Wilderness Alaska Most

Every natural object is a conductor of divinity and only by coming into contact with them... may we be filled with the Holy Ghost.

Contact Coming Ghost Natural May

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.

Nature Good Alone Water Youth You

All the world lies warm in one heart, yet the Sierra seems to get more light than other mountains. The weather is mostly sunshine embellished with magnificent storms, and nearly everything shines from base to summit - the rocks, streams, lakes, glaciers, irised falls, and the forests of silver fir and silver pine.

Heart Light Sunshine Mountains World

A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.

Tree Storm Trees Enthusiasm Silent

Sequoia seeds have flat wings, and glint and glance in their flight like a boy's kite.

Kite Seeds Wings Flight Boy Glance

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