We were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
JOHN MUIRWe were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
JOHN MUIRThe mountains are calling and I must go.
JOHN MUIRSociety speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
JOHN MUIRThe deeper the solitude the less the sense of loneliness, and the nearer our friends.
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 MUIRWander 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 MUIRWildness is a necessity.
JOHN MUIRNothing truly wild is unclean.
JOHN MUIRIt seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
JOHN MUIRThere is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
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 MUIROne day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
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 MUIRAnd into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
JOHN MUIRThere is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
JOHN MUIRIn every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
JOHN MUIR