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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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 will befall you.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Engaging with nature can rejuvenate your spirit and well-being.
In this quote, John Muir emphasizes the healing and revitalizing effects of nature. He suggests that by immersing ourselves in the natural world, we can experience a sense of renewal, much like the perpetual freshness of the environment around us. The invitation to go quietly and alone highlights the personal and introspective journey that one can undertake in nature, free from the distractions of modern life.
Themes
NatureRenewalWellbeingSolitudeHealing
In practice
Example use cases
During a group retreat, you might say, 'As John Muir once said, 'Take a course in good water and air...' to encourage participants to immerse themselves in nature.
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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 the avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can".
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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. The whole continent was a garden, and from the beginning, it seemed to be favored above all the other wild parks and gardens of the globe.
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From the dust of the earth, from the common elementary fund, the Creator has made Homo sapiens. From the same material he has made every other creature, however noxious and insignificant to us. They are earth-born companions and our fellow mortals.
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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 beginnings abounding in first lessons of life, mountain building, eternal, invincible, unbreakable order; with sermons in stone, storms, trees, flowers, and animals brimful with humanity.
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