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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.

John Muir

Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
JOHN MUIR

Hiking Land Mountain Travel
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!
JOHN MUIR

Earth Fresh Leaf Psalm Sing Smell Storm Sweet Voice Wash
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.
JOHN MUIR

Alone Heart Hotel Nature Silence Travel Wild
Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
JOHN MUIR

Deep Dirty Inspirational Life Nature Path Travel
I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
JOHN MUIR

Light Love Moon Run Stride Strong Sun
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.
JOHN MUIR

Blossom Change Darkness Flower Frozen Rain Rainbow Sky Snow
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.
JOHN MUIR

Civil Garden Increase Park Recognize Value World
One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
JOHN MUIR

Book Exposure Hiking Mountain Travel Trekking
On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
JOHN MUIR

Death Ideas
Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
JOHN MUIR

Book Direction Guide Ignorant People Power Travel
The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
JOHN MUIR

Friendship Loneliness Sense Solitude
As if nothing that does not obviously make for the benefit of man had any right to exist; as if our ways were God’s ways.
JOHN MUIR

Benefit Exist God Man
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
JOHN MUIR

Greet Mountain One Liner Sun Trekking
Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
JOHN MUIR

Alone Harm One Liner Peace Quiet Silence Travel
The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
JOHN MUIR

Darkness Nature One Liner Travel World
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
JOHN MUIR

Nature Travel Walk

A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.

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