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 islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls. John Muir
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The earth is constantly in motion. The world turns and everything changes, but the sun rises and sets. The wind blows and the sea moves, but the sun shines for all to see. Everything in our world is constantly changing, even though it may seem to be standing still. It’s not that when things are moving that they are not still; it’s that when they are still that they move.

Source: John Of The Mountains: The Unpublished Journals Of John Muir

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