To View Mountains: Day 17 – Glen Pass
“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!” – John Muir
“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!” – John Muir
“How terribly downright must seem the utterances of storms and earthquakes to those accustomed to the soft hypocrisies of society.” – John Muir
“I drifted about from rock to rock, from stream to stream, from grove to grove. Where night found me, there I camped. … I asked the boulders I met, whence […]
“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.” […]
“In every country the mountains are fountains, not only of rivers but of men. Therefore we all are born mountaineers, the offspring of rock and sunshine.” – John Muir
“Living artificially in towns, we are sickly, and never come to know ourselves.” – John Muir
“We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.” – John Muir
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” – John Muir
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings, Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.” – John Muir
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” – John Muir