A part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
JOHN MUIRA part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.
JOHN MUIRRaindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
JOHN MUIRAnother glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
JOHN MUIRThe world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
JOHN MUIRYet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
JOHN MUIRI 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 MUIRBetween every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
JOHN MUIRThe sun shines not on us but in us.
JOHN MUIRHow glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
JOHN MUIRCome to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.
JOHN MUIRMost people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
JOHN MUIRNight is coming on and I am filled with indescribable loneliness. Felt feverish; bathed in a black, silent stream.
JOHN MUIRTherefore all childish fear must be put away.
JOHN MUIRTo the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
JOHN MUIRIn our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.
JOHN MUIRNothing dollarable is safe.
JOHN MUIR