One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
JOHN MUIRMountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
More John Muir Quotes
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
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Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
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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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Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
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In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
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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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