John Muir Quotes

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
John Muir
The radiance in some places is so great as to be fairly dazzling . . . every crystal every flower a window opening into heaven a mirror reflecting the Creator.
John Muir
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings: Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine into flowers the winds will blow their freshness into you and the storms their energy and cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
John Muir
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
John Muir
The radiance in some places is so great as to be fairly dazzling . . . every crystal every flower a window opening into heaven a mirror reflecting the Creator.
John Muir
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings: Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine into flowers the winds will blow their freshness into you and the storms their energy and cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
John Muir
I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.
John Muir
The sun shines not on us but in us.
John Muir
Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
John Muir
When we try to pick out any­thing by itself, we find it hitched to every­thing else in the Uni­verse.
John Muir
The world, we are told, was made especially for man — a presumption not supported by all the facts.
John Muir
Even the sick should try these so-called dangerous passes, because for every unfortunate they kill, they cure a thousand.
John Muir
Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.
John Muir