Climbing Quote by John Muir Download Open image “Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen” — John Muir ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Climbing Communication Community Hiking Hiking in the mountains Men Mountain Speak Wilderness Wise
The great mountains of the world are a great remedy if men but did know it against our modern discontent and ambitions. In the… — Eric Rucker Eddison Copy Share Image
Mountain gorses, do ye teach us . . . . That the wisest word man reaches Is the humblest he can speak? — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
Wise men read very sharply all your private history in your look and gait and behavior. The whole economy of nature is bent on… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there are few… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot. — John Muir Copy Share Image
During my first years in the Sierra, I was ever calling on everybody within reach to admire them, but I found no one half… — John Muir Copy Share Image
...full of God's thoughts, a place of peace and safety amid the most exalted grandeur and enthusiastic action, a new song, a place of… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“Here are the roots of all the life of the valleys, and here more simply than elsewhere is the eternal flux of nature manifested.” — John Muir Copy Share Image
Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue. — John Muir Copy Share Image
Long, blue, spiky-edged shadows crept out across the snow-fields, while a rosy glow, at first scarce discernible, gradually deepened and suffused every mountain-top, flushing… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor… — John Muir Copy Share Image
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. — John Muir Copy Share Image
In studying the fate of our forest king, we have thus far considered the action of purely natural causes only; but, unfortunately, man is… — John Muir Copy Share Image
There is nothing to do, just be. Do nothing. Be. No climbing mountains and sitting in caves. I do not even say "be yourself"… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
I liked climbing trees and could often be found up one reading a book. I played games with Dad and drew maps for him… — Rhianna Pratchett Copy Share Image
Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and tears, and its restriction… — Wojciech Kurtyka Copy Share Image
Splutter, splutter. Yes - we're off - we're rising. But why start off with an engine like that? But it smooths out now, like… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
The ascent of any route begins, in dreams at least, the autumn before. Our minds ring, involuntarily, with the alluring names of mountains, aiguilles,… — Gaston Rebuffat Copy Share Image
“Climbing mattered. The danger bathed the world in a halogen glow that caused everything—the sweep of the rock, the orange and yellow lichens, the… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Climbing has worked for me in a number of ways on Capitol Hill. I'm much more inclined to look at what people do, as… — Mark Udall Copy Share Image
I love finding something. For me it's not just about the athletic challenge, it's about finding new things. When I'm not doing that in… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
