A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm,…

John Muir
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A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. ✨ John Muir (2011). My First Summer in the Sierra: Illustrated Edition, p.94, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. ✨ John Muir, Edwin Way Teale, Henry Bugbee Kane (2001). The Wilderness World of John Muir, p.312, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
One day's exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books. ✨ John Muir, Linnie Marsh Wolfe (1979). John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir, p.95, Univ of Wisconsin Press
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. ✨ John Muir, Linnie Marsh Wolfe (1979). John of the Mountains: The Unpublished … ▶
Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get - -people,storms, guardian angels, or sheep. ✨ John Muir (2001). Meditations of John Muir: Nature's Temple
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