But we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
JOHN MUIRGo quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
More John Muir Quotes
-
-
At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
JOHN MUIR -
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
JOHN MUIR -
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
JOHN MUIR -
I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
JOHN MUIR -
Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
JOHN MUIR -
Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
JOHN MUIR -
One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.
JOHN MUIR -
Going to the mountains is going home.
JOHN MUIR -
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
JOHN MUIR -
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
JOHN MUIR -
It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
JOHN MUIR -
In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
JOHN MUIR -
The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized.
JOHN MUIR -
Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
JOHN MUIR -
I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
JOHN MUIR