...therefore all childish fear must be put away.

In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.

Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.

Strange the faithless fuss made about taking a walk in the safest and pleasantest of all places, a wilderness.

Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!

I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news

Who wouldn't be a mountaineer! Up here all the world's prizes seem nothing