Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
JOHN MUIRYet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty.
JOHN MUIRAnd into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
JOHN MUIRWhen we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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 MUIRThere is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream.
JOHN MUIRIn drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
JOHN MUIRThere is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
JOHN MUIREverybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.
JOHN MUIRThe sun shines not on us but in us.
JOHN MUIRBetween every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
JOHN MUIRNo synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.
JOHN MUIRSociety speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.
JOHN MUIRThe mountains are calling and I must go.
JOHN MUIRNature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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 MUIRGoing to the mountains is going home.
JOHN MUIR