When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it…

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

— John Muir

“His treatment of mechanical problems wasn't divorced from the worldly situations in which they arise, and as a result [John Muir's service manual on…

— Matthew B. Crawford

“John Muir, Earth — planet, Universe [ Muir's home address, as inscribed on the inside front cover of his first field journal ]”

— John Muir

John Muir, the famous naturalist, wrote in his journal that you should never go to Alaska as a young man because you'll never be…

— Tom Bodett

John Muir, Earth-planet, Universe.

— John Muir

“When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world.”

— John Muir

“If one loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.”

— Vincent van Gogh

If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.

— Vincent Van Gogh

“When I first enjoyed this superb view, one glowing April day," Jess read aloud, "from the summit of the Pacheco Pass, the Central Valley,…

— Allegra Goodman

“While I would not claim that Muir’s “God” (or his “Mother Nature”) is neatly synonymous with China’s “Tao,” it seems clear that what Muir…

— Raymond Barnett

“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep," Jess intoned as they took the path down from the parking lot. She had imagined finding a…

— Allegra Goodman

I've always liked Muir without knowing quite why.

— Douglas Dunn

He is likely to remain the one historian of the Sierra; he imported into his view the imagination of the poet and the reverence…

— Robert Underwood Johnson

“Muir wrote of time not in the wilderness: “I am degenerating into a machine for making money.”

— Florence Williams

“Now, wilderness can be seen as a useful fiction, a fiction constructed by John Muir and his heirs and deployed to keep places from…

— Rebecca Solnit