Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity... ― John Muir
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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous –Aristotle
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The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain he is inspired by it. – William Arthur Ward
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It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. – Edmund Hillary
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I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees. –Henry David Thoreau
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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. –Edward Abbey
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Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. –Walt Whitman
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Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. –Edward Abbey
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Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. –Frank LLoyd Wright
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When preparing to climb a mountain – pack a light heart. –Dan May
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. –Henry David Thoreau
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. –John Muir
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Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak. –Paul D. Boyer
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The greatest adventure is what lies ahead –J.R.R. Tolkien
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Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. –Jack Kerouac
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I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least–and it is commonly more than that–sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements. –Henry David Thoreau
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Come forth into the light of things. Let Nature be your teacher. –William Wordsworth
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I only went for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. —John Muir
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Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea,/Drink the wild air’s salubrity –Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We don’t stop hiking because we grow old – we grow old because we stop hiking. –Finis Mitchell
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Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better. –Albert Einstein
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Great things are done when men and mountains meet. –William Blake