Nature Quote of the Day

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Quote of the day

Men go back to the mountains, as they go back to sailing ships at sea, because in the mountains and on the sea they must face up, as did men of another age, to the challenge of nature. Modern man lives in a highly synthetic kind of existence. He specializes in this and that. Rarely does he test all his powers or find himself whole. But in the hills and on the water the character of a man comes out.
Abram T. Collier

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Hiking Quote of the Day

You need special shoes for hiking – and a bit of a special soul as well.
Emme Woodhull-Bäche

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Quote of the Day

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
-Mark Twain

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Wilderness Quote of the Day

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.”
- Charles A. Lindbergh

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