Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
JOHN MUIREarth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.
JOHN MUIRThousands 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 MUIROf all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
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 MUIRI never saw a discontented tree.
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 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 MUIRThe mountains are calling and I must go.
JOHN MUIRBeauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
JOHN MUIRNot blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
JOHN MUIRIn drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
JOHN MUIRNothing dollarable is safe.
JOHN MUIRClimb the mountains and get their good tidings.
JOHN MUIRWhen we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
JOHN MUIRMountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
JOHN MUIRAt the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.
JOHN MUIR