Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
JOHN MUIRWhen one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
More John Muir Quotes
-
-
There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
JOHN MUIR -
On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death.
JOHN MUIR -
Come 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 MUIR -
At 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 -
In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world.
JOHN MUIR -
It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
JOHN MUIR -
Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
JOHN MUIR -
The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.
JOHN MUIR -
Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get – people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.
JOHN MUIR -
There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.
JOHN MUIR -
Everything in Nature called destruction must be creation-a change from beauty to beauty.
JOHN MUIR -
Going to the woods is going home.
JOHN MUIR -
Mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not ‘hike’ through them.
JOHN MUIR -
All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.
JOHN MUIR -
Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.
JOHN MUIR