Courses Quote by John Muir

Wilderness is a necessity... there must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls...

— John Muir

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

— Edward Abbey

There is no wilderness. There is only our inability to fill the emptiness in which we live ...

— Octavian Paler

Wilderness is two things-fact and feeling. It is a fund of knowledge and a spring of influence. It is the ultimate source of health-terrestrial…

— Benton MacKaye

Wilderness has been characterized as barren and unproductive; little can be grown in its sand and rock. But the crops of wilderness have always…

— David Douglas

Wilderness is a temporary condition through which we are passing to the Promised Land.

— Cotton Mather

Wilderness has become one of the world's fastest disappearing resources, and it is non-renewable. Yet unlike oil, gold or woodchips, it is essential to…

— Bob Brown

Wilderness is not only a haven for native plants and animals but it is also a refuge from society. Its a place to go…

— John Muir

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A…

— Edward Abbey

Wilderness, to me, is a spiritual necessity. The mysterious spiritual experience of being close to natural restored my soul [after the death of his…

— Clyde Butcher

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

— Henry David Thoreau

“To be in touch with wilderness is to have stepped past the proud cattle of the field and wandered far from the twinkles of…

— Martin Shaw