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> [Bears are made of the same dust as we, and they breathe the same winds and drink of the same waters. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/bears-are-made-of-the-same-dust-as-we-and-they-breathe-the-same-winds/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

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> [We all flow from one fountain- Soul. All are expressions of one love. God does not appear, and flow out, only from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/we-all-flow-from-one-fountain-soul-all-are-expressions-of-one-love/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

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> [The great wilds of our country, once held to be boundless and inexhaustible, are being rapidly invaded and overrun in every direction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-great-wilds-of-our-country-once-held-to-be-boundless-and/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

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## More by John Muir

> [I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/i-will-follow-my-instincts-be-myself-for-good-or-ill-and-see-what/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/during-my-first-years-in-the-sierra-i-was-ever-calling-on-everybody/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

> [While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/while-cares-will-drop-off-like-autumn-leaves/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

> [...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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/full-of-god-s-thoughts-a-place-of-peace-and-safety-amid-the-most/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

> [“Here are the roots of all the life of the valleys, and here more simply than elsewhere is the eternal flux of nature manifested.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/here-are-the-roots-of-all-the-life-of-the-valleys-and-here-more/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

> [Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/spring-work-is-going-on-with-joyful-enthusiasm/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

> [Our lives are rounded with a sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/our-lives-are-rounded-with-a-sleep/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

> [Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/another-glorious-day-the-air-as-delicious-to-the-lungs-as-nectar-to/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/long-blue-spiky-edged-shadows-crept-out-across-the-snow-fields-while/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

> [“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/this-grand-show-is-eternal-it-is-always-sunrise-somewhere-the-dew-is/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

> [When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/when-one-tugs-at-a-single-thing-in-nature-he-finds-it-attached-to-the/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

> [In studying the fate of our forest king, we have thus far considered the action of purely natural causes only; but, unfortunately, man is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/in-studying-the-fate-of-our-forest-king-we-have-thus-far-considered/)

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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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-forests-of-america-however-slighted-by-man-must-have-been-a-great/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/man-seems-to-be-the-only-animal-whose-food-soils-him-making-necessary/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/as-long-as-i-live-i-ll-hear-waterfalls-and-birds-and-winds-sing-i-ll/)

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