The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
JOHN MUIRTo the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
More John Muir Quotes
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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.
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Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
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Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
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One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
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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 sun shines not on us but in us.
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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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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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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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Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
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Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
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Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
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