All John Muir Quotes
- The battle we have fought, and are still fighting, for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between right and wrong. Battle
- Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. Climb
- John Muir, Earth-planet, Universe. Earth
- One is constantly reminded of the infinite lavishness and fertility of Nature-inexhaustible abundance amid what seems enormous waste. And yet when we look into any… Abundance
- It took more than three thousand years to make some of the trees in these western woods ... Through all the wonderful, eventful centuries since… All
- Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way. Animal
- Although I was four years at the University [of Wisconsin], I did not take the regular course of studies, but instead picked out what I… Botany
- I wandered away on a glorious botanical and geological excursion, which has lasted nearly fifty years and is not yet completed, always happy and free,… Always Happy
- The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted. America
- Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life. Door
- We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. Our… Air
- Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts; and if people in general could… All
- In studying the fate of our forest king, we have thus far considered the action of purely natural causes only; but, unfortunately, man is in… Action
- Only spread a fern-frond over a man's head and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom and beauty and peace come in. Beauty
- Thus godlike sympathy grows and thrives and spreads far beyond the teachings of churches and schools, where too often the mean, blinding, loveless doctrine is… Animal
- Rivers flow not past, but through us; tingling, vibrating, exciting every cell and fiber in our bodies, making them sing and glide. Bodies
- I was a few miles south of Louisville when I planned my journey. I spread out my map under a tree and made up my… America
- In God's wildness lies the hope of the world-the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere… Aware
- Wilderness is not only a haven for native plants and animals but it is also a refuge from society. Its a place to go to… Across
- The body seems to feel beauty when exposed to it as it feels the campfire or sunshine, entering not by the eyes alone, but equally… All
- Tug on anything in nature and you will find it connected to everything else. Connected
- No right way is easy in this rough world. We must risk our lives to save them. Easy
- Surely all God's people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly small mischievous microbes-… All
- I never have held death in contempt, though in the course of my explorations I have oftentimes felt that to meet one's fate on a… Accident
- Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue. Air