Quotes by John Muir
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
Muir, John
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
Muir, John
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
Muir, John
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
Muir, John
How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof! In such places standing alone on the mountain-top it is easy to realize that whatever special nests we make - leaves and moss like the marmots and birds, or tents or piled stone - we all dwell in a house of one room - the world with the firmament for its roof - and are sailing the celestial spaces without leaving any track.
Muir, John
There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.
Muir, John
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.
Muir, John
We all travel the milky way together, trees and men. Trees are travellers, in the ordinary sense. They make journeys, not very extensive ones, it is true: but our own little comes and goes are only little more than tree-wavings - many of them not so much.
Muir, John
A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings, while incense is ever flowing from the balsam bells and leaves. No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself.
Muir, John
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
Muir, John