The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
JOHN MUIRThis time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
More John Muir Quotes
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All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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Nothing truly wild is unclean.
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Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
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Take me into the mountains.
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Going to the woods is going home.
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
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Going to the mountains is going home.
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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home.
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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Wildness is a necessity.
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Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
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