Muir Quotes

John Muir, Earth-planet, Universe.

— John Muir

I've always liked Muir without knowing quite why.

— Douglas Dunn

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

— Florence Williams

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

— John Muir

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

— Richard Oppenlander

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

— Matthew B. Crawford

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

— Tom Bodett

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

— Raymond Barnett

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

— Allegra Goodman

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

— Robert Underwood Johnson

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

— Allegra Goodman