John Muir

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. ↗

— John Muir

#inspirational

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

— John Muir

#clearest #forest #into #through #universe

The mountains are calling and I must go. ↗

— John Muir

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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. ↗

— John Muir

#beauty #body #body needs #bread #everybody

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity... ↗

— John Muir

#camping #connection #earth #hiking #inspirational

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. ↗

— John Muir

#nature

I will follow my instincts, and be myself for good or ill. ↗

— John Muir

#follow #good #ill #instinct #john

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it. ↗

— John Muir

#books #nature #nature

Going to the woods is going home. ↗

— John Muir

#nature

There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties ↗

— John Muir

#wilderness #love