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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.

John Muir

In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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Church Mountain Nature Religion Time Turn
Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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Alone Heart Hotel Nature Silence Travel Wild
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!
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Earth Fresh Leaf Psalm Sing Smell Storm Sweet Voice Wash
Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Beautiful Forest Maintain Marvelous Nature Stress
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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Book Direction Guide Ignorant People Power Travel
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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Blind Creature Narrow Selfish Sympathy
In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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Deep Dry FAction Fire Healing Heart Plant
At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
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Bless Conscious Divine Light Mountain Religion Touch Wait Worship
The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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Darkness Nature One Liner Travel World
I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
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Light Love Moon Run Stride Strong Sun
Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Change Door Inspirational Nature Travel World
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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Civil Garden Increase Park Recognize Value World
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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Beautiful Forest Individual Nature Species Tree Variety
It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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Natural Nature One Liner Peace Understand

Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.

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