The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
JOHN MUIRThe galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
JOHN MUIRWho wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.
JOHN MUIRIt seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood.
JOHN MUIRAs long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
JOHN MUIRFew places in this world are more dangerous than home.
JOHN MUIRThis time it is real – all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!
JOHN MUIROne touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
JOHN MUIRTo the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
JOHN MUIRNot blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
JOHN MUIRAs age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.
JOHN MUIROf all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
JOHN MUIRThe wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
JOHN MUIRWe were glad, however, to get within reach of information.
JOHN MUIROne day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
JOHN MUIRIt was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset.
JOHN MUIRMost 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