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Own Quotes by John Muir
- We all travel the milky way together, trees and men; but it never occurred to me until this storm-day, while swinging in the wind, that…
- How many hearts with warm, red blood in them are beating under cover of the woods, and how many teeth and eyes are shining? A…
- One can make a day of any size and regulate the rising and setting of his own sun and the brightness of its shining.
- Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.
- To lovers of the wild, these mountains are not a hundred miles away. Their spiritual power and the goodness of the sky make them near,…
- Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way." ... "Surely…
- Beside the grand history of the glaciers and their own, the mountain streams sing the history of every avalanche or earthquake and of snow, all…
- When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. One fancies a heart like our…
- In the eternal youth of Nature, you may renew your own.
- Perhaps the profession of doing good may be full, but every body should be kind at least to himself. Take a course of good water…
- 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…
- Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own…
- Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time…
- The sun shines not on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us. Thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov