"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."

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Source : John Muir (2015). “STEEP TRAILS: California - Utah - Nevada - Washington - Oregon - The Grand Canyon: Adventure Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Nature Essays and Wilderness Studies from the author of The Yosemite, Our National Parks, A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf & Picturesque California”, p.67, e-artnow

John Muir

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“Being prepared for loss is never the same as being ready for it.”
“We're worn into grooves by Time-by our habits. In the end, these grooves are going to show whether we've been second rate or champions, each in his way in dispatching the affairs of every day. By choosing our habits, we determine the grooves into which Time will wear us; and these are grooves that enrich our lives and make for ease of mind, peace, happiness - achievement.”

Source : American Magazine, Vol. 103, (p. 183), 1927.
“It's no good looking to writers for definitions of what constitutes proper writing, because you will drive yourself crazy, and you won't find anything that you can build into a coherent whole.”
“I sound like a damn commercial, but half the crap in this house is from Wal-mart. The big deal about Wal-mart is that its open 24 hours.”
“There is nothing unimportant in the universe.”
“Youth is a disease from which we all recover.”
“Set the goal and work all days for it, until you achieve, I want to be a champion, the best!”
“There are some men above grief and some men below it.”

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