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"I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do."
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"I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them."

"I don't travel to learn about the world. I travel for the joy of traveling."

"A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge."

"The study of maps and the perusal of travel books aroused in me a secret fascination that was at times almost irresistible."

"Travel doesn't become adventure until you leave yourself behind."

"Don't talk about heaven if you've never been to Bali."
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"The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual."

"One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man."

"There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords."

"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."

"Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you."

"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!"

"A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease."
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