All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
JOHN MUIRMountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
More John Muir Quotes
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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