Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
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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Going to the mountains is going home.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
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Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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I never saw a discontented tree.
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Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Night is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
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How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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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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We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
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Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
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