A collection of quotes and thoughts by John Muir on nature, environment, walk, universe, forest, mountains, beauty, sunshine, stars, travel, alone and silence.
28 Motivational John Muir Quotes For Alpinists, Wanderers And Nature Lovers
John Muir fabled as ‘John of the Mountains’ was a well-known Scottish-American author, naturalist, glaciologist and environmental philosopher. He was one of the early propagandists for the perpetuation of wilderness in the United States. His thoughts, views, writings, books, letters and essays that describe his adventures in nature, especially in Sierra Nevada have a large readership. He founded the ‘Sierra Club’ which is an illustrious American conservation organization. Muir’s activism also aided in safeguarding the ‘Sequoia National Park’ and ‘Yosemite Valley’ amongst others. Both Scots and Americans consider Muir an inspiration. The enthusiasm and spirituality that Muir has expressed in his writings towards his environment and nature have inspirited readers, congressmen and presidents to do their bit in preserving large nature areas. Here is a collection of thoughts and quotes by John Muir, the ecological thinker and religious prophet whose writings till date serve as a bible for countless environmentalists. Read through the quotes and sayings by John Muir that will make you fall in love with nature.
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.
John Muir
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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
John Muir
The world's big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news
