Burned Quote by John Muir

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!

— John Muir

Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the Alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

“The weeks up there were almost the most beautiful in my life. I breathed the pure, clear air, drank the icy water from streams…

— Hermann Hesse

Your peaks are beautiful, ye Apennines! In the soft light of these serenest skies; From the broad highland region, black with pines, Fair as…

— William C. Bryant

“As in dark forests, measureless along the crests of hills, a conflagration soars, and the bright bed of fire glows for miles, now fiery…

— Homer

“The sun, emerged from its gray shrouds of cloud, shone with a summer brilliance on the untouched slopes. Pausing in my work to overlook…

— Sylvia Plath

The mountains are so beautiful they make me ache inside because the moment I look away I know I shall need to see them…

— Anne Perry

Through the sunset of hope, Like the shapes of a dream, What paradise islands of glory gleam!

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Mont Blanc yet gleams on high: the power is there, The still and solemn power of many sights And many sounds, and much of…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our…

— Elizabeth Aston

How wonderful is Cold Mountain Climbers are all afraid The moon shines on clear water twinkle twinkle Wind rustles the tall grass Plum trees…

— Hanshan

The air grows cool and darkles, The Rhine flows calmly on; The mountain summit sparkles In the light of the setting sun.

— Heinrich Heine