In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
JOHN MUIRNothing truly wild is unclean.
More John Muir Quotes
-
-
The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
JOHN MUIR -
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity
JOHN MUIR -
Nothing dollarable is safe.
JOHN MUIR -
Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.
JOHN MUIR -
The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
JOHN MUIR -
I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
JOHN MUIR -
Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
JOHN MUIR -
Nothing truly wild is unclean.
JOHN MUIR -
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
JOHN MUIR -
Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
JOHN MUIR -
Wander a whole summer if you can, time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.
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 -
On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
JOHN MUIR -
Every sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
JOHN MUIR -
One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
JOHN MUIR