“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
― John Muir (1838-1914)
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
― John Muir (1838-1914)
“The mountains are calling and I must go.”
― John Muir (1838-1914)
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.”
― John Muir (1838-1914)
“In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
― John Muir (1838-1914)
“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”
― John Muir (1838-1914)
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.”
― John Muir (1838-1914)
“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul”
― John Muir (1838-1914)
“Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress...”
― John Muir (1838-1914)
“Yet 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 Muir (1838-1914)
“These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dollar.”
― John Muir (1838-1914)
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.”
― John Muir (1838-1914)
“It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.”
― John Muir (1838-1914)
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.”
― John Muir (1838-1914)