Air Quotes by John Muir

10 Air quotes by John Muir

John Muir’s thoughts on the invisible currents that shape our world offer a quiet glimpse into his reverence for nature. Though the list is brief, each line captures a facet of his deep connection to the sky‑borne element that sustains life.

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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.

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I...am always glad to touch the living rock again and dip my hand in the high mountain air.

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Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly,…

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I know that our bodies were made to thrive only in pure air, and the scenes in which pure air is found.

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The substance of the winds is too thin for human eyes, their written language is too difficult for human minds, and their…

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The water in music the oar forsakes. The air in music the wing forsakes. All things in move in music and write…

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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell…

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None may wholly escape the good of Nature, however imperfectly exposed to her blessings. The minister will not preach a perfectly flat…

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Tell me what you will of the benefactions of city civilization, of the sweet security of streets-all as part of the natural…

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Perhaps the profession of doing good may be full, but every body should be kind at least to himself. Take a course…

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I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot.

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During my first years in the Sierra, I was ever calling on everybody within reach to admire them, but I found no one half…

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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

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...full of God's thoughts, a place of peace and safety amid the most exalted grandeur and enthusiastic action, a new song, a place of…

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“Here are the roots of all the life of the valleys, and here more simply than elsewhere is the eternal flux of nature manifested.”

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Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.

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Our lives are rounded with a sleep.

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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.

John Muir

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Long, blue, spiky-edged shadows crept out across the snow-fields, while a rosy glow, at first scarce discernible, gradually deepened and suffused every mountain-top, flushing…

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“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor…

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

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In studying the fate of our forest king, we have thus far considered the action of purely natural causes only; but, unfortunately, man is…

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The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted.…

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Man seems to be the only animal whose food soils him, making necessary much washing and shield-like bibs and napkins. Moles living in the…

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As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and…

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