Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
JOHN MUIR
Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
More John Muir Quotes
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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This time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
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I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
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Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.
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Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
JOHN MUIR