My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing. – Aldous Huxley
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. – Aldous Huxley

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing. – Aldous Huxley
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. – Aldous Huxley
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time ones never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. – Aldous Huxley
The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge. – Aldous Huxley
Only the explorer of steep and narrow trails inaccessible to cattle makes acquaintance with flowers in a grazing country. The large scale of all the physical features of California tends to monotony of vegetable life. The same trees cover miles of country. Only those who climb find variety. – Isabella G. Oakley, “Santa Barbara of Today,” in Sunset, May 1904
Who that knows the trail from Mill Valley to Bolinas, by way of Willow Camp, can ever forget the enchanting beauty of the panorama that unfolds before the vision? The tenderest tenderfoot forgets the toil of climbing in contemplation of its delights and surprises. – Eufina C. Tompkins, “Story of Two California Artists,” in Sunset, June 1904