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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.

John Muir

We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Information Knowledge One Liner Reach
The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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Belief Darkness Heart Ignorance Inspirational People Tree
Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Change Door Inspirational Nature Travel World
Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Direction Freedom Hiking Mountain Peace Quiet Walk
If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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Environment Forest Hear Nature People Preservation Speak Tree Vanish Wood
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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Beginning Civil Finding Hiking Home Mountain People Tired Trekking Wild
As if nothing that does not obviously make for the benefit of man had any right to exist; as if our ways were God’s ways.
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Benefit Exist God Man
But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
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Government Nature Travel Wild
In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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God Hope One Liner Wild World
It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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Afternoon Course Life Man Mountain Sunset
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Greet Mountain One Liner Sun Trekking
Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
JOHN MUIR

Ash Care Dust Grace Ignorance Inspirational Knowledge People Time Work Work Hard
Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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Fiber Hide Inspirational Life Music Nature String
But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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Blow Darkness Display Impressive Night Storm Waves
Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
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Blossom Change Darkness Flower Frozen Rain Rainbow Sky Snow
What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!
JOHN MUIR

Earth Fresh Leaf Psalm Sing Smell Storm Sweet Voice Wash

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