Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
JOHN MUIRWalk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
More John Muir Quotes
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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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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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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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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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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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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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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