The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
JOHN MUIRIn every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
More John Muir Quotes
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but 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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Take me into the mountains.
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Go where we will, all the world over, we seem to have been there before.
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Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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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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Learn to live like the wild animals
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
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In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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