--- title: "21 Seems Quotes By John Muir" description: "21 Seems quotes by John Muir. Plus more from John Muir and more Seems sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/john-muir-678_draws_all-wilderness-seems-to-be-full-of-trick_1496022.png" --- > [All wilderness seems to be full of tricks and plans to drive and draw us up into God's light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/all-wilderness-seems-to-be-full-of-tricks-and-plans-to-drive-and-draw/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/john-muir-678_draws_all-wilderness-seems-to-be-full-of-trick_1496022.png) > [To the sane and free it will hardly seem necessary to cross the continent in search of wild beauty, however easy the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/to-the-sane-and-free-it-will-hardly-seem-necessary-to-cross-the/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/john-muir-678_abundance_to-the-sane-and-free-it-will-hardly-seem_2810919.jpg) > [No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/no-wonder-the-hills-and-groves-were-god-s-first-temples-and-the-more/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/john-muir-678_arbor-day_no-wonder-the-hills-and-groves-were-god_2831984.jpg) > [I've had a great time in South America and South Africa. Indeed it now seems that on this pair of wild hot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/i-ve-had-a-great-time-in-south-america-and-south-africa-indeed-it-now/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/john-muir-678_america_i-ve-had-a-great-time-in-south-america-a_2215428.png) > [Large flocks of butterflies, all kinds of happy insects, seem to be in a perfect fever of joy and sportive gladness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/large-flocks-of-butterflies-all-kinds-of-happy-insects-seem-to-be-in/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/719/john-muir-678_all-kinds_large-flocks-of-butterflies-all-kinds-of_436829.png) > [I have seen oaks of many species in many kinds of exposure and soil, but those of Kentucky excel in grandeur all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/i-have-seen-oaks-of-many-species-in-many-kinds-of-exposure-and-soil/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/john-muir-678_avenues_i-have-seen-oaks-of-many-species-in-many_1462959.jpg) > [We are in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/we-are-in-the-mountains-and-they-are-in-us-kindling-enthusiasm-making/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/john-muir-678_bondage_we-are-in-the-mountains-and-they-are-in_1696237.jpg) > [The body seems to feel beauty when exposed to it as it feels the campfire or sunshine, entering not by the eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-body-seems-to-feel-beauty-when-exposed-to-it-as-it-feels-the/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/776/john-muir-678_beauty_the-body-seems-to-feel-beauty-when-expos_2595881.jpg) > [No temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite. Every rock in its walls seems to glow with life. Some lean back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/no-temple-made-with-hands-can-compare-with-yosemite-every-rock-in-its/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76d/john-muir-678_attitude_no-temple-made-with-hands-can-compare-wi_733705.jpg) > [But no temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite. Every rock in its walls seems to glow with life...as if into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/but-no-temple-made-with-hands-can-compare-with-yosemite-every-rock-in/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/john-muir-678_compare_but-no-temple-made-with-hands-can-compar_2110677.jpg) > [I am often asked if I am not lonely on my solitary excursions. It seems so self-evident that one cannot be lonesome…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/i-am-often-asked-if-i-am-not-lonely-on-my-solitary-excursions-it/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/john-muir-678_answers_i-am-often-asked-if-i-am-not-lonely-on-m_1074216.jpg) > [When we try to pick out anything by itself we find it hitched to everything else in the universe ... The whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/when-we-try-to-pick-out-anything-by-itself-we-find-it-hitched-to/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/john-muir-678_alive_when-we-try-to-pick-out-anything-by-itse_504594.png) > [Do behold the king in his glory, King Sequoia. Behold! Behold! seems all I can say… Well may I fast, not from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/do-behold-the-king-in-his-glory-king-sequoia-behold-behold-seems-all/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/john-muir-678_behold_do-behold-the-king-in-his-glory-king-seq_2015123.png) > [No dogma taught by the present civilization seems to form so insuperable an obstacle in a way of a right understanding of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/no-dogma-taught-by-the-present-civilization-seems-to-form-so/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/john-muir-678_animal_no-dogma-taught-by-the-present-civilizat_993099.png) > [All the wild world is beautiful, and it matters but little where we go, to highlands or lowlands, woods or plains, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/all-the-wild-world-is-beautiful-and-it-matters-but-little-where-we-go/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/john-muir-678_and-love_all-the-wild-world-is-beautiful-and-it-m_821623.jpg) > [The great wilds of our country, once held to be boundless and inexhaustible, are being rapidly invaded and overrun in every direction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-great-wilds-of-our-country-once-held-to-be-boundless-and/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/john-muir-678_boundless_the-great-wilds-of-our-country-once-held_1797830.png) > [A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/a-few-minutes-ago-every-tree-was-excited-bowing-to-the-roaring-storm-3/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/john-muir-678_bells_a-few-minutes-ago-every-tree-was-excited_2229045.png) > [One is constantly reminded of the infinite lavishness and fertility of Nature-inexhaustible abundance amid what seems enormous waste. And yet when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/one-is-constantly-reminded-of-the-infinite-lavishness-and-fertility/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/john-muir-678_abundance_one-is-constantly-reminded-of-the-infini_2160115.jpg) > [No temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite. Every rock in its walls seems to glow with life...Awful in stern, immovable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/no-temple-made-with-hands-can-compare-with-yosemite-every-rock-in-its-2/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/john-muir-678_awful_no-temple-made-with-hands-can-compare-wi_2645592.png) > [So abundant and novel are the objects of interest in a pure wilderness that unless you are pursuing special studies it matters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/so-abundant-and-novel-are-the-objects-of-interest-in-a-pure/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/john-muir-678_chance_so-abundant-and-novel-are-the-objects-of_1329164.jpg) > [Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest! Days in whose light everything seems equally divine,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/oh-these-vast-calm-measureless-mountain-days-inciting-at-once-to-work-2/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/john-muir-678_blessing_oh-these-vast-calm-measureless-mountain_1939000.png) ## Other authors on Seems ## 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/seems/john-muir/#itemlist", "name": "21 Seems Quotes By John Muir", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All wilderness seems to be full of tricks and plans to drive and draw us up into God's light.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Muir" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/all-wilderness-seems-to-be-full-of-tricks-and-plans-to-drive-and-draw/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/john-muir-678_draws_all-wilderness-seems-to-be-full-of-trick_1496022.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/john-muir-678_draws_all-wilderness-seems-to-be-full-of-trick_1496022.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/john-muir-678_draws_all-wilderness-seems-to-be-full-of-trick_1496022.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All wilderness seems to be full of tricks and plans to drive and draw us up into God's light.” — John Muir", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To the sane and free it will hardly seem necessary to cross the continent in search of wild beauty, however easy the way, for they find it in abundance wherever they chance to be.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Muir" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/to-the-sane-and-free-it-will-hardly-seem-necessary-to-cross-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/john-muir-678_abundance_to-the-sane-and-free-it-will-hardly-seem_2810919.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/john-muir-678_abundance_to-the-sane-and-free-it-will-hardly-seem_2810919.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/john-muir-678_abundance_to-the-sane-and-free-it-will-hardly-seem_2810919.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To the sane and free it will hardly seem necessary to cross the continent in search of wild beauty, however…” — John Muir", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Muir" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/no-wonder-the-hills-and-groves-were-god-s-first-temples-and-the-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/john-muir-678_arbor-day_no-wonder-the-hills-and-groves-were-god_2831984.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/john-muir-678_arbor-day_no-wonder-the-hills-and-groves-were-god_2831984.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/john-muir-678_arbor-day_no-wonder-the-hills-and-groves-were-god_2831984.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into…” — John Muir", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've had a great time in South America and South Africa. 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