To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
JOHN MUIROne should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
More John Muir Quotes
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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Take me into the mountains.
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The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
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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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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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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!
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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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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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