--- title: "21 Sierra Quotes By John Muir" description: "21 Sierra quotes by John Muir. Plus more from John Muir and more Sierra sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/john-muir-678_adventure_most-people-are-on-the-world-not-in-it-1_1875761.png" --- > [Most people are on the world, not in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/most-people-are-on-the-world-not-in-it/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/john-muir-678_adventure_most-people-are-on-the-world-not-in-it-1_1875761.png) > [None of Nature's landscapes are ugly so long as they are wild.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/none-of-nature-s-landscapes-are-ugly-so-long-as-they-are-wild/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/john-muir-678_adventure_none-of-nature-s-landscapes-are-ugly-so_2894353.png) > [The grand show is eternal It is always sunrise somewhere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-grand-show-is-eternal-it-is-always-sunrise-somewhere/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/john-muir-678_continents_the-grand-show-is-eternal-it-is-always-s_2981083.png) > [In God's wildness lies the hope of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/in-god-s-wildness-lies-the-hope-of-the-world/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b28/john-muir-678_god_in-god-s-wildness-lies-the-hope-of-the-w_2827718.png) > [The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-world-is-big-and-i-want-to-have-a-good-look-at-it-before-it-gets/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/john-muir-678_adventure_the-world-is-big-and-i-want-to-have-a-go_2852557.png) > [Of all the mountain ranges I have climbed, I like the Sierra Nevada the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/of-all-the-mountain-ranges-i-have-climbed-i-like-the-sierra-nevada/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/john-muir-678_best_of-all-the-mountain-ranges-i-have-climbe_1853333.png) > [As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/as-long-as-i-live-i-ll-hear-waterfalls-and-birds-and-winds-sing/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99e/john-muir-678_avalanches_as-long-as-i-live-i-ll-hear-waterfalls-a_990682.png) > [God never made an ugly landscape. All that sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/god-never-made-an-ugly-landscape-all-that-sun-shines-on-is-beautiful/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e7/john-muir-678_beautiful_god-never-made-an-ugly-landscape-all-tha_798683.png) > [Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on seas and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/eternal-sunrise-eternal-sunset-eternal-dawn-and-gloaming-on-seas-and/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/523/john-muir-678_beautiful-earth_eternal-sunrise-eternal-sunset-eternal-d_2709535.png) > [The blessings of one mountain day, whatever his fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-blessings-of-one-mountain-day-whatever-his-fate-long-life-short/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f49/john-muir-678_blessing_the-blessings-of-one-mountain-day-whatev_1642581.png) > [Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/let-children-walk-with-nature-let-them-see-the-beautiful-blendings/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/john-muir-678_beautiful_let-children-walk-with-nature-let-them-s_1266193.png) > [Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/oh-these-vast-calm-measureless-mountain-days-inciting-at-once-to-work/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/john-muir-678_adventure_oh-these-vast-calm-measureless-mountain_1635261.png) > [I made these Sierra trips, carrying only a sackful of bread with a little tea and sugar, and was thus independent and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/i-made-these-sierra-trips-carrying-only-a-sackful-of-bread-with-a/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/john-muir-678_backpacking_i-made-these-sierra-trips-carrying-only_1790739.png) > [Here ends my forever memorable first High Sierra excursion. I have crossed the Range of Light, surely the brightest and best of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/here-ends-my-forever-memorable-first-high-sierra-excursion-i-have/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/john-muir-678_best_here-ends-my-forever-memorable-first-hig_1254082.png) > [Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/let-children-walk-with-nature-let-them-see-the-beautiful-blendings-2/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/771/john-muir-678_animal_let-children-walk-with-nature-let-them-s_2650658.png) > [No Sierra landscape that I have seen holds anything truly dead or dull, or any trace of what in manufactories is called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/no-sierra-landscape-that-i-have-seen-holds-anything-truly-dead-or/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/john-muir-678_clean_no-sierra-landscape-that-i-have-seen-hol_607568.png) > [The mountains are fountains of men as well as of rivers, of glaciers, of fertile soil. The great poets, philosophers, prophets, able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-mountains-are-fountains-of-men-as-well-as-of-rivers-of-glaciers/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/john-muir-678_able_the-mountains-are-fountains-of-men-as-we_1435821.png) > [All the world lies warm in one heart, yet the Sierra seems to get more light than other mountains. The weather is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/all-the-world-lies-warm-in-one-heart-yet-the-sierra-seems-to-get-more/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/john-muir-678_heart_all-the-world-lies-warm-in-one-heart-yet_567820.png) > [Another glorious Sierra day in which one seems to be dissolved and absorbed and sent pulsing onward we know not where. Life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/another-glorious-sierra-day-in-which-one-seems-to-be-dissolved-and/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/john-muir-678_freedom_another-glorious-sierra-day-in-which-one_1033305.jpg) > [In God's wildness lies the hope of the world-the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/in-god-s-wildness-lies-the-hope-of-the-world-the-great-fresh/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/john-muir-678_civilization_in-god-s-wildness-lies-the-hope-of-the-w_448585.png) > [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 Sierra ## 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/sierra/john-muir/#itemlist", "name": "21 Sierra Quotes By John Muir", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most people are on the world, not in it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Muir" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/most-people-are-on-the-world-not-in-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/john-muir-678_adventure_most-people-are-on-the-world-not-in-it-1_1875761.png", "contentUrl": 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