Tag Archives: John Muir

Thought For the Day: Nature Is Ever At Work Building and Pulling Down…Chasing Everything In Endless Song Out of One Beautiful Form Into Another

Posted on May 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but in rhythmical motion, chasing everything in endless song out of one beautiful form into another.” – John Muir, Naturalist … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Keep Close To Nature’s Heart…Wash Your Spirit Clean

Posted on June 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” – John Muir

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Thought For the Day: Thousands of Tired, Nerve-Shaken, Over-Civilized People Are Beginning To Find Out Going To the Mountains Is Going Home; That Wilderness Is A Necessity

Posted on April 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity.” – John Muir

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Thought of the Day: This Grand Show Is Eternal. It Is Always Sunrise Somewhere.

Posted on June 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: When We Try To Pick Out Anything By Itself, We Find It Hitched To Everything Else In the Universe

Posted on April 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.” – John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (21 Apr 1838-1914)

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Idylls of the Progressive Age

Posted on April 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Continuing in this look at American History. Idylls of the Progressive Age by Michael Doyle Theodore Roosevelt rose to the presidency Upon the assassination of William McKinley A cowboy rode into the White House that day Formidable and enthusiastic in … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: In Every Walk With Nature One Receives Far More Than He Seeks

Posted on March 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir

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Thought For the Day: Nature Is A Endless Song of One Beautiful Form Into Another

Posted on May 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

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