Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
JOHN MUIREverybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
More John Muir Quotes
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One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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Learn to live like the wild animals
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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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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Nothing dollarable is safe.
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On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
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It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
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But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
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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.
JOHN MUIR






