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John Muir Quotes: The mountains are fountains not only of rivers and fertile soil, but of men.
         

The mountains are fountains not only of rivers and fertile soil, but of men.


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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.

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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.

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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