John Muir Quotes
A Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.
(1838 - 1914)
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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.
[Nature]
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Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it larger and better in every way.
[Animals]
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings: Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine into flowers, the winds will blow their freshness into you, and the storms, their energy and cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
[Nature]
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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.
[Nature]
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.
[Nature]
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
[Nature]
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I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
[Friendship]
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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.
[Nature]
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I used to envy the father of our race, dwelling as he did in contact with the new-made fields and plants of Eden; but I do so no more, because I have discovered that I also live in "creation's dawn." The morning stars still sing together, and the world, not yet half made, becomes more beautiful every day.
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In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
[Nature]
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Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.
[Nature]
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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.
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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.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
[Nature]
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The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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The radiance in some places is so great as to be fairly dazzling . . . every crystal, every flower a window opening into heaven, a mirror reflecting the Creator.
[Nature]
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There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.
[Nature]
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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
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