Wilderness Wisdom: Quotes for Inspirational ExplorationJohn Gookin
The culmination of several decades of work on the part of instructors at the National Outdoor Leadership School, Wilderness Wisdom combines quotations from environmentalists, nature writers, athletes, and public figures as diverse as Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Einstein. Perfect for moments of quiet contemplation in the wilderness, it also serves as a handy guide to various aspects of everyday life. This small, lightweight book will be of particular interest to hikers, climbers, and other outdoor enthusiasts looking for inspiration as they meet the challenges of the wilderness. |
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... true for you ; others won't . It is up to each of us to find our own inspiration in life's events . Use the thoughts that resonate for you in order to define the life that you desire . If a quote inspires you , use it carefully with ...
... true for you ; others won't . It is up to each of us to find our own inspiration in life's events . Use the thoughts that resonate for you in order to define the life that you desire . If a quote inspires you , use it carefully with ...
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... true number of species on earth even to the nearest order of magnitude . My own guess , based on the described fauna and flora and many discussions with entomol- ogists and other specialists , is that the absolute number falls somewhere ...
... true number of species on earth even to the nearest order of magnitude . My own guess , based on the described fauna and flora and many discussions with entomol- ogists and other specialists , is that the absolute number falls somewhere ...
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... true enemies : inertia , cowardice , greed , ignorance , and all weaknesses of the spirit . Charles Houston The essence of climbing is not limited to those out there making a name for themselves . Lois LaRock The best climber in the ...
... true enemies : inertia , cowardice , greed , ignorance , and all weaknesses of the spirit . Charles Houston The essence of climbing is not limited to those out there making a name for themselves . Lois LaRock The best climber in the ...
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... true test of being comfortable with someone else is the ability to share silence . Frank Tyger Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections . A half truth is a whole lie ...
... true test of being comfortable with someone else is the ability to share silence . Frank Tyger Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections . A half truth is a whole lie ...
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... true solution of our political and social problems lies in cul- tivating everywhere the spirit of brotherhood , of fellow feeling and understanding between man and man , and the willingness to treat a man as a man . Theodore Roosevelt ...
... true solution of our political and social problems lies in cul- tivating everywhere the spirit of brotherhood , of fellow feeling and understanding between man and man , and the willingness to treat a man as a man . Theodore Roosevelt ...
Contents
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Mountains | 68 |
Natural RHytHms | 69 |
Observation | 71 |
Oceans | 74 |
Paddling | 75 |
Peak Performance | 76 |
Positive Attitude | 77 |
Respect | 82 |
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Endurance | 26 |
Environmental Etkics | 27 |
Expedition BeKavior | 37 |
Expedition Planning | 40 |
Experiential Education | 42 |
Exploration Adventure and Discovery | 48 |
Failure and Success | 51 |
Fear and Courage | 53 |
Feedback | 54 |
FisKing | 55 |
FrienclsKip | 56 |
Hiking | 57 |
Individuality | 58 |
Judgment and DecisionMalcing | 61 |
LeadersKip | 65 |
Responsibility | 83 |
Rivers | 86 |
SelfAwareness | 87 |
SelfDifferentiation | 90 |
SelfLeadersHip | 95 |
SelfSufficiency | 96 |
Service | 97 |
Spirit | 98 |
Spirituality | 100 |
StewardsKip | 107 |
Talcing Risks | 108 |
Teamwork | 110 |
Tolerance for Adversity | 112 |
Vision and Action | 118 |
Wilderness and Environmental Education | 123 |
Tke Wilderness Experience | 126 |
Women | 134 |
Common terms and phrases
adventure Albert Einstein Aldo Leopold American Aristotle beauty become Benjamin Franklin better Chinese proverb climb climber Confucius desert dream earth ecology Edward Abbey Epictetus ethics everything experience eyes fear feel fish Friedrich Nietzsche George give happiness heart Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau human Johann Wolfgang John Gookin John Muir journey judgment keep Kurt Hahn Lao Tzu leader Leadership Leopold A Sand live look Mark Twain mind moral mountains nature never NOLS one's ourselves outdoor Paul Petzoldt peace person plants problems Rachel Carson Ralph Waldo Emerson risk river rock sacred Sand County Almanac sense society solitude someone soul species spirit success takes courage teach tell Theodore Roosevelt things Thomas Jefferson tion understand Unknown vision walk Wendell Berry wild wilderness William wind wisdom Wolfgang von Goethe women wonder
Popular passages
Page 79 - Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Page 52 - To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
Page 100 - To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion ; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to...
Page 67 - But of a good leader, who talks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, They will all say, 'We did this ourselves.
Page 129 - And Realities of your Existence; The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty : For Yesterday is but a Dream, And To-morrow is only a Vision; But To-day well lived Makes every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness And every To-morrow a Vision of Hope.
Page 116 - There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
Page 126 - I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Page 53 - It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood...
Page 116 - Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering; In the faith that looks through death, In years that bring the philosophic mind.
Page 73 - The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.