The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark. John Muir

What is art? Nature concentrated. Honore De Balzac

Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal. John Muir

In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. Orison Swett Marden

Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain. Victor Hugo

I like being near the top of a mountain. One can't get lost here. Wislawa Szymborska

I love to sit on a mountain top and gaze. I don't think of anything but the people I care about and the view. Julian Lennon

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. John Lubbock

As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can. John Muir

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. Edmund Hillary

While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best. Tom Allen

A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching. Sivananda

Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane. R. D. Laing

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. John Muir

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. John Muir

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir

The other amazing thing with snowboarding is how easy it is to get away from people and enjoy the solitude of the mountains. Jeremy Jones

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn. John Muir

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also. John McCain

The attraction of snowboarding is the freedom it gives you. Jeremy Jones

In God's wildness lies the hope of the world. John Muir

Going to the mountains is going home. John Muir

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain. Richard M. Nixon

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy. Anton Chekhov

The truth is, I can never die. For I will be in everything and see you in everything and watch over you. I am your reaction in the water of a mountain lake. Klaus Kinski