Going to the mountains is going home.
JOHN MUIRIn every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
More John Muir Quotes
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
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Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
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This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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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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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
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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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