John Muir Quotes & Sayings

“Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.”

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.”

“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.”

“The mountains are calling and I must go.”

“The power of imagination makes us infinite.”

“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.”

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.”

“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.”