„Keep close to Nature’s heart … and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.“

— John Muir

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„Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grass and gentians of glacier meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of Nature's darlings. 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 off like autumn leaves. As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but Nature's sources never fail. … The petty discomforts that beset the awkward guest, the unskilled camper, are quickly forgotten, while all that is precious remains. Fears vanish as soon as one is fairly free in the wilderness.“
— John Muir
„Some men break your heart in two,Some men fawn and flatter,Some men never look at you;And that cleans up the matter.“
— Dorothy Parker
„I tell you thisto break your heart,by which I mean onlythat it break open and never close againto the rest of the world.“
— Mary Oliver
„Whoever climbed the Lord's mountain had to possess clean hands and an innocent heart; otherwise the Summit would kill him. Today the doorway is deserted. Soiled hands and sinful hearts are able to pass by without fear, for the Summit kills no longer.“
— Nikos Kazantzakis
„Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.“
— John Muir
„Can a heart break, once it's stopped beating?“
— Tim Burton
„Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.“
— Steve Jobs
„Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.“
— Jack Kerouac