"Most people are on the world, not in it -- have no conscious 
sympathy or relationship to anything about them -- undiffused,

 separate, and rigidly alone like marbles of polished stone,

 touching but separate."

from John of the Mountains: 
The Unpublished Journals of John Muir

We were lucky enough to catch the glacier calving.

"As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.

I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the

avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, 

and get as near the heart of the world as I can." 

                                                                                  Journals of John Muir