Wilderness Quotes

534 Wilderness quotes by 322 unique authors

The wanting was a wilderness and I had to find my own way out of the woods. — Cheryl Strayed
Of all the things I’d been skeptical about, I didn’t feel skeptical about this: the wilderness had a clarity that included me. — Cheryl Strayed
The unattended garden will soon be overrun with weeds; the heart that fails to cultivate truth and root out error will shortly be a theological… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Had it not been for the Atlantic Ocean and the virgin wilderness, the United States would never have been the Land of Promise. — Herbert Croly
In building a path through the self to the far shore of awareness, we have to carefully pick our way through our own wilderness. If… — Mark Epstein
Many demons are in woods, in waters, in wildernesses, and in dark poolly places ready to hurt and prejudice people; some are also in the… — Martin Luther
As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place, where was a den; and I laid me down in… — John Bunyan
All men who live only according to their five senses, and seek nothing beyond the gratification of their natural appetites for pleasure and reputation and… — Thomas Merton
Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions, exclusions,… — Nick Rahall
We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale. — Nick Rahall
Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics. — Nick Rahall
Only when there is a wilderness can man harmonize his inner being with the wavelengths of the earth. When the earth, its products, its creatures,… — William O. Douglas
Yea, let them which have been redeemed of the Lord, shew how He hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. When they wandered… — William Bradford
Wilderness is a temporary condition through which we are passing to the Promised Land. — Cotton Mather
I have a garden of my own, But so with roses overgrown, And lilies, that you would it guess To be a little wilderness. — Andrew Marvell
You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast howling wilderness. Then he is like a rose blooming in the… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Though the word beautification makes the concept sound merely cosmetic, it involves much more: clean water, clean air, clean roadsides, safe waste disposal and preservation… — Lady Bird Johnson
I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted: a fireman, a policeman, a doctor – even President, it seemed. And… — Bill Hicks
If we human beings learn to see the intricacies that bind one part of a natural system to another and then to us, we will… — Gaylord Nelson
I've heard it said that there are men who read in books to convince themselves there is a God. I know not but man may… — James F. Cooper
I want to live in a world capital or the howling wilderness, — Katherine Anne Porter
The entire history of humanity is marked by a single inexorable movement - from animal instinct toward rational thought, from inborn behavior toward acquired knowledge.… — Philipp Meyer
If Earth is considered a closed system, there will be less for all forever. The frontier is closed, the wilderness is gone, nature is being… — Barbara Marx Hubbard
Deeply disturbing in a way that only the most honest stories are, YACCUB is a fiercely written, daring journey through America's urban wilderness and into… — Brandon Massey
Africa is less a wilderness than a repository of primary and fundamental values, and less a barbaric land than an unfamiliar voice — Beryl Markham

Who Wrote These Wilderness Quotes

322 authors contributed a total of 534 Wilderness Quotes, led by these top contributors: