Wilderness Quotes

534 Wilderness quotes by 322 unique authors

There is no wilderness. There is only our inability to fill the emptiness in which we live ... — Octavian Paler
We of America are especially fitted to visualize and to understand the marvellous transformation of a wilderness into a land of splendid cities. — James Henry Breasted
When God created Man, he gave him Music as a language different from all other languages. And early man sang his glory in the wilderness;… — Khalil Gibran
Getting people into the wilderness for a transcendent experience empowers people for years, if not for their entire lives. — Paul George
There is a place on earth that is a vast desolate wilderness, a place populated by shadows of the dead in their multitudes, a place… — Unknown Author
A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands… — John Milton
If we are to elevate the game of chess to a popular sport, grandmasters must become gladiators, otherwise the game will languish on the periphery,… — Michael Basman
I named this place Listening Point because only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and… — Sigurd F. Olson
There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance, adventure, solitude, and peace. The… — Sigurd F. Olson
Wilderness can be appreciated only by contrast, and solitude understood only when we have been without it. We cannot separate ourselves from society, comradeship, sharing… — Sigurd F. Olson
There's an elegiac quality in watching [American wilderness] go, because it's our own myth, the American frontier, that's deteriorating before our eyes. I feel a… — Peter Matthiessen
Wilderness, to me, is a spiritual necessity. The mysterious spiritual experience of being close to natural restored my soul [after the death of his son].… — Clyde Butcher
Time is the deepest wilderness in which we wander. — Christopher Cokinos
Wilderness is a resource which can shrink but not grow... the creation of new wilderness in the full sense of the word is impossible. — Aldo Leopold
Soar back through all your own experiences. Think of how the Lord has led you in the wilderness and has fed and clothed you every… — Charles Spurgeon
There is a wolf in me... - I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it… — Carl Sandburg
I must pack my short lifer full of interesting events and creative activity. Philosophy and aesthetic contemplation are not enough. I intend to do everything… — Everett Ruess
I have been thinking more and more that I shall always be a lone wanderer of the wilderness. God, how the trail lures me. You… — Everett Ruess
I shall go on some last wilderness trip, to a place I have known and loved. I shall not return. — Everett Ruess
I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time. I prefer… — Everett Ruess
What boy my age didn’t dream of fleeing the well-tended lawn and lamp-lit street for the untamed wilderness, where grand adventure awaited on the other… — Rick Yancey
I've spent my life capturing beautiful images. And whether in wilderness or in the downtown of a giant city, I find connections, universal rhythms, patterns… — Louis Schwartzberg
Moses was a forgotten man in the wilderness, But God had Moses right where he wanted him and met him at a burning bush. — Michael Catt
The sea remains the greatest wilderness. To my mind, voyaging through wildernesses, be they full of woods or waves, is essential to the growth and… — Steven Callahan
Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art. — Austin O'Malley

Who Wrote These Wilderness Quotes

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