“It is easy in this pompous age to scan the big things of the world and forget to see the small miracles of life around us; the morning light, the flowers, those intimate details of the world that combine to make it beautiful.” – Ansel Adams
“Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.” – Ansel Adams
“Wandering re-established the harmony which once existed between man and the universe.” -Anatole France, French poet
“People who seek adventure are true poets of living” Anonymous
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” -Albert Einstein
“It would be merciful for people not to come calling and disturb the loneliness of the mountains, to which I have returned from the sorrows of the world.” Muso Soseki, 14th-century Zen Buddhist poet
Another of the wonderfully motivating quotes for hikers! “A virtuous man when alone loves the quiet of the mountains. A wise man in nature enjoys the purity of water. One must not be suspicious of the folks who take pleasure in mountains and streams, But rather measure how well he sharpens his spirits by them.” …
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view… where storms come and go as lightening clangs upon the high crags where something strange and more beautiful and more full of wonder than your deepest dreams wait for you… beyond the next turning of the canyon walls.” Edward Abbey, Benediction