Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
JOHN MUIRSpring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
JOHN MUIRBut we are governed more than we know, and most when we are wildest.
JOHN MUIRGoing to the woods is going home.
JOHN MUIRIt is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
JOHN MUIROn no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
JOHN MUIRNothing truly wild is unclean.
JOHN MUIREverything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
JOHN MUIRNature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
JOHN MUIRThe clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
JOHN MUIRClimb the mountains and get their good tidings.
JOHN MUIREvery sight and sound inspiring, leading one far out of himself, yet feeding and building up his individuality.
JOHN MUIRMountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
JOHN MUIRIf people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
JOHN MUIRThe world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts.
JOHN MUIRBut it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made.
JOHN MUIRWe all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.
JOHN MUIR