Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
JOHN MUIRHandle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
More John Muir Quotes
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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The deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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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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It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
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The sun shines not on us but in us.
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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
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Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
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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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