Source: The Yosemite: John Muir's quest to preserve the wilderness
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Famous John Muir Quotes
Source: John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir
“The sun shines not on us but in us.”
Source: John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir
“One day's exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.”
Source: John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir
“Who wouldn't be a mountaineer! Up here all the world's prizes seem nothing”
Source: My First Summer in the Sierra: Illustrated Edition
“Going to the mountains is going home.”
Source: Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays
“I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.”
Source: John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings
Source: Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays
Source: JOHN MUIR’S CALIFORNIA COLLECTION: My First Summer in the Sierra, Picturesque California, The Mountains of California, The Yosemite & Our National Parks (Illustrated): Adventure Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Nature Writings and Wilderness Essays
Source: John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir
“Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.”
Source: JOHN MUIR Ultimate Collection: Travel Memoirs, Wilderness Essays, Environmental Studies & Letters (Illustrated): Picturesque California, The Treasures of the Yosemite, Our National Parks, Steep Trails, Travels in Alaska, A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf, Save the Redwoods, The Cruise of the Corwin and more