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itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties” John Muir – John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir (1938) John Muir – John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir (1938) “At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.” John Muir – John Muir, The Wild Muir: Twenty-Two of John Muir’s Greatest Adventures (1994) Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.” John Muir – John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir (1938)
It is always sunrise somewhere the dew is never dried all at once a shower is forever falling vapour is ever rising. I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” John Muir – John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir (1938) John Muir – John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir (1938) “Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.” John Muir – My First Summer in the Sierra (Part III) (March 1911) The great poets, philosophers, prophets, able men whose thoughts and deeds have moved the world, have come down from the mountains – mountain dwellers who have grown strong there with the forest trees in Nature’s workshops.” John Muir – John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir (1938)
The mountains are fountains of men as well as of rivers, of glaciers, of fertile soil. When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” John Muir – My First Summer in the Sierra (1911) John Muir – “Mormon Lilies”, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin (19th July 1877) They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.” John Muir – The Mountains of California (1894) Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. “Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. The trees wave and the flowers bloom in our bodies as well as our souls, and every bird song, wind song, and tremendous storm song of the rocks in the heart of the mountains is our song, our very own, and sings our love.” John Muir – John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir (1938) Thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing. The rivers flow not past, but through us. I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.” John Muir – The Life and Letters of John Muir (1924) John Muir – The Life and Letters of John Muir (1924) I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.” John Muir – John Muir: The Scotsman who saved America’s wild places (2014) I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. 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 – The Mountains of California (1894) Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. So if you are yearning to “get home to the mountains” and have “the winds blow their own freshness into you”, then take a read of our favourite John Muir quotes to get you inspired for your next encounter with nature: Attributed to Muir by Linnie Marsh Wolfe – Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir (1945)Ĭlimb the mountains and get their good tidings. A bit of a legend in the outdoor world, posing as a wonderful reminder of what really matters. Camp Muir in Mount Rainer National ParkĪnd in 1892 he also founded The Sierra Club, which is now the nation’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organisation.Muir Woods National Monument near San Francisco.Such was his influence on the future and preservation of some of the most beautiful and wild areas of the United States, he now has a number of famous trails and landmarks named in his honour: Biographer Donald Worster believes that his mission was “…saving the American soul from total surrender to materialism.” And you only need to acquaint yourself with a handful of his wise and poet words to understand where Worster was coming from. Born in Scotland, the writing of the American environmental philosopher, are an inspiration to millions of outdoor enthusiasts worldwide. John Muir – a true mountain man, naturalist, and a key player in the preservation of wilderness in the United States.
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