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John Muir Quotes: But to gain a perfect view, one must go yet further, over a curving brow to a slight shelf on the extreme brink.
         

But to gain a perfect view, one must go yet further, over a curving brow to a slight shelf on the extreme brink.


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The power of imagination makes us infinite.



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As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.



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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.



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I’d rather be in the mountains thinking of God, than in church thinking about the mountains.

I’d rather be in the mountains thinking of God, than in church thinking about the mountains.



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.

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.



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.

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.



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

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



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.

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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Wilderness is a necessity... there must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls.





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