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 MUIRIn every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
More John Muir Quotes
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I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
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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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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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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
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The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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