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John Muir Quotes About Nature

Seema Nehete

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"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."

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

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"How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!"

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"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness."
"The practical importance of the preservation of our forests is augmented by their relations to climate, soil and streams."

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"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."

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"The world's big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark."
"The sun shines not on us but in us."

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"And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul."

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"Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue; indeed the body seems one palate, and tingles equally throughout."
"Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature's darlings."

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"The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm."

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"There is nothing more eloquent in Nature than a mountain stream."

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"Keep close to Nature’s heart … and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean."
"There is a love of wild Nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love ever showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties."

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"I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature's loveliness."