It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
JOHN MUIRThe mountains are calling and I must go.
More John Muir Quotes
-
-
Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
JOHN MUIR -
All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
JOHN MUIR -
Take me into the mountains.
JOHN MUIR -
Nothing dollarable is safe.
JOHN MUIR -
Therefore all childish fear must be put away.
JOHN MUIR -
Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
JOHN MUIR -
In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
JOHN MUIR -
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fool.
JOHN MUIR -
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
JOHN MUIR -
Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life.
JOHN MUIR -
I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
JOHN MUIR -
This is Nature’s own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.
JOHN MUIR -
I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
JOHN MUIR -
To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
JOHN MUIR -
There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
JOHN MUIR