The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
JOHN MUIRThe world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
JOHN MUIREarth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
JOHN MUIRSpring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
JOHN MUIRMountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
JOHN MUIRWhen one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
JOHN MUIRFew places in this world are more dangerous than home.
JOHN MUIRThe soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.
JOHN MUIRWe are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
JOHN MUIRIt 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 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 MUIRThe 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 MUIRYet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.
JOHN MUIREvery hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
JOHN MUIREverything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
JOHN MUIRBut we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
JOHN MUIRTherefore all childish fear must be put away.
JOHN MUIR