--- title: "4 Camps Quotes By John Muir" description: "4 Camps quotes by John Muir. Plus more from John Muir and more Camps sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/john-muir-678_beast_how-hard-to-realize-that-every-camp-of-m_916924.png" --- > [How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof! In such places…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/how-hard-to-realize-that-every-camp-of-men-or-beast-has-this-glorious/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/john-muir-678_beast_how-hard-to-realize-that-every-camp-of-m_916924.png) > [Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/walk-away-quietly-in-any-direction-and-taste-the-freedom-of-the/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/john-muir-678_camps_walk-away-quietly-in-any-direction-and-t_1627813.jpg) > [To lovers of the wild, these mountains are not a hundred miles away. Their spiritual power and the goodness of the sky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/to-lovers-of-the-wild-these-mountains-are-not-a-hundred-miles-away/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/john-muir-678_beam_to-lovers-of-the-wild-these-mountains-ar_1960955.png) > [Never while anything is left of me shall this... camp be forgotten. It has fairly grown into me, not merely as memory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/never-while-anything-is-left-of-me-shall-this-camp-be-forgotten-it/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c5/john-muir-678_body_never-while-anything-is-left-of-me-shall_2428444.jpg) ## Other authors on Camps ## More by John Muir > [I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/i-will-follow-my-instincts-be-myself-for-good-or-ill-and-see-what/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [During my first years in the Sierra, I was ever calling on everybody within reach to admire them, but I found no one half…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/during-my-first-years-in-the-sierra-i-was-ever-calling-on-everybody/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/while-cares-will-drop-off-like-autumn-leaves/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [...full of God's thoughts, a place of peace and safety amid the most exalted grandeur and enthusiastic action, a new song, a place of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/full-of-god-s-thoughts-a-place-of-peace-and-safety-amid-the-most/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [“Here are the roots of all the life of the valleys, and here more simply than elsewhere is the eternal flux of nature manifested.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/here-are-the-roots-of-all-the-life-of-the-valleys-and-here-more/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/spring-work-is-going-on-with-joyful-enthusiasm/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [Our lives are rounded with a sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/our-lives-are-rounded-with-a-sleep/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/another-glorious-day-the-air-as-delicious-to-the-lungs-as-nectar-to/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [Long, blue, spiky-edged shadows crept out across the snow-fields, while a rosy glow, at first scarce discernible, gradually deepened and suffused every mountain-top, flushing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/long-blue-spiky-edged-shadows-crept-out-across-the-snow-fields-while/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/this-grand-show-is-eternal-it-is-always-sunrise-somewhere-the-dew-is/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/when-one-tugs-at-a-single-thing-in-nature-he-finds-it-attached-to-the/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [In studying the fate of our forest king, we have thus far considered the action of purely natural causes only; but, unfortunately, man is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/in-studying-the-fate-of-our-forest-king-we-have-thus-far-considered/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-forests-of-america-however-slighted-by-man-must-have-been-a-great/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [Man seems to be the only animal whose food soils him, making necessary much washing and shield-like bibs and napkins. Moles living in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/man-seems-to-be-the-only-animal-whose-food-soils-him-making-necessary/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) > [As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/as-long-as-i-live-i-ll-hear-waterfalls-and-birds-and-winds-sing-i-ll/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camps/john-muir/#itemlist", "name": "4 Camps Quotes By John Muir", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof! 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