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John Muir Quotes

John Muir quotes about nature

American Ecologist April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914

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There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties John Muir
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life. Awakening from the stupefying effects of the vice of over-industry and the deadly apathy of luxury, they are trying as best they can to mix and enrich their own little ongoings with those of Nature, and to get... John Muir
Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray, where nature heals and give strength to body and soul alike. John Muir
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 away from you like the leaves of Autumn. John Muir
Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you. John Muir
If for a moment you are inclined to regard these taluses as mere draggled, chaotic dumps, climb to the top of one of them, and run down without any haggling, puttering hesitation, boldly jumping from boulder to boulder with even speed. You will then find your feet playing a tune, and quickly discover the music and poetry of these magnificent rock piles -- a fine lesson; and all Nature's wildness tells the same story -- the shocks and outbursts of earthquakes, volcanoes, geysers, roaring,... John Muir
These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dollar. John Muir
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. John Muir
This is Nature's own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended. John Muir
John Muir quote: "When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached..."
When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world. John Muir
John Muir quote: "I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s..."
I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness. John Muir
their eager, childlike attention was refreshing to see as compared with the decent, deathlike apathy of weary civilized people, in whom natural curiosity has been quenched in toil and care and poor, shallow comfort. John Muir
John Muir quote: "The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed..."
The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual. John Muir
John Muir quote: "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir

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