John Muir
Father of national parks who wrote that in every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
Quotes by John Muir
To see a world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wild flower; hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.
Every time I pause I catch it: motion, infinite motion, not of sun and moon but of systems, galaxies, space itself moving.
The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn.
Wilderness is not only a place, but a state of mind.
In the Sierra Nevada, near Yosemite, the world is different.
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
The tufted foothills... are clothed with a rich growth of chaparral.
I am in the woods, and they are in me.
Nature's beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.
The Yosemite is so much alive, so full of humanity.
We are now in the mountains, and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver.
The glaciers... are God's great sculptors.
One should go to the woods to find peace.
The stars... are campfires in the sky.
Conservation is a great moral issue.
The beauty of the natural world lies in its harmony.
I never tried to save the world; I just tried to save one valley.
The winds... will blow their own freshness into you.
Rocks and waters, etc., are words of God, and so are mountains.
The Sierra Nevada... is a range of light.