Wilderness Quotes

534 Wilderness quotes by 322 unique authors

Wilderness is rapidly becoming one of those aspects of the American dream which is more of the past than of the present. Wilderness is not… — Ansel Adams
The Old Testament contains in many places, but especially in the book of Job, one of the most far-reaching defenses ever written of wilderness, of… — Bill McKibben
We are not talking about esthetics. We are talking about life: survival of Man. We must train young people to get another vision of Nature.… — Thor Heyerdahl
For now I stand as one upon a rock environed with a wilderness of sea, who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, expecting… — William Shakespeare
I plunged eagerly and passionately into the wilderness, as if in the hope of thus penetrating into the very heart of this Nature, powerful and… — Paul Gauguin
We thank those Senators, both Republican and Democrat, who stood firm against tremendous pressure from the Bush administration, pro-drilling members of Congress and their allies… — Carl Pope
I never thought that I would support myself with art - everyone in the Group of Seven had day jobs. I became a geography teacher… — Robert Bateman
Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and… — John Muir
When we try to pick out anything by itself we find it hitched to everything else in the universe ... The whole wilderness is unity… — John Muir
The great purpose is to set aside a reasonable part of the vanishing wilderness, to make certain that generations of Americans yet unborn will know… — Frank Church
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… — John Muir
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… — John Muir
There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm. There is… — Theodore Roosevelt
To sit in solitude, to think in solitude with only the music of the stream and the cedar to break the flow of silence, there… — John Muir
The beauty and charm of the wilderness are his for the asking, for the edges of the wilderness lie close beside the beaten roads of… — Theodore Roosevelt
Now and then we hear the wilder voices of the wilderness, from animals that in the hours of darkness do not fear the neighborhood of… — Theodore Roosevelt
The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom. — Theodore Roosevelt
A grateful loving heart carries with it, under every parallel of latitude, the warmth and light of the tropics. It plants its Eden in the… — John Greenleaf Whittier
All wilderness seems to be full of tricks and plans to drive and draw us up into God's light. — John Muir
Wilderness is a necessity... there must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls... — John Muir
A clear stream, a long horizon, a forest wilderness and open sky - these are man's most ancient possessions. In a modern society, they are… — Lyndon B. Johnson
No dogma taught by the present civilization seems to form so insuperable an obstacle in a way of a right understanding of the relations which… — John Muir
We must not only protect the country side and save it from destruction, we must restore what has been destroyed and salvage the beauty and… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Wilderness is a necessity ... They will see what I meant in time. There must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls. Food… — John Muir
The wilderness needs your whole attention. — Laura Ingalls Wilder

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