Source: John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings
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“Most people are on the world, not in it.”
Source: The Wilderness World of John Muir
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
Source: John Muir’s Incredible Travel Memoirs: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, My First Summer in the Sierra, The Mountains of California, Travels in Alaska, Steep Trails… (Illustrated): Adventure Memoirs & Wilderness Studies from the Naturalist, Environmental Philosopher and Early Advocate of Preservation of Wilderness, the Author of The Yosemite and Picturesque California
Source: John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings
“No temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite.”
Source: John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings
Source: THE YOSEMITE COLLECTION of John Muir (Illustrated): The Yosemite, Our National Parks, Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park, A Rival of the Yosemite, The Treasures of the Yosemite, Yosemite Glaciers, Yosemite in Winter & Yosemite in Spring
Source: John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread.”
Source: The Yosemite
Source: The Yosemite: John Muir's quest to preserve the wilderness
Source: Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays
“As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.”
Source: To Yosemite and Beyond: Writings from the Years 1863-1875
Source: John Muir, in His Own Words: A Book of Quotations
Source: The Wilderness World of John Muir
Source: Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
Source: STEEP TRAILS: California - Utah - Nevada - Washington - Oregon - The Grand Canyon: Adventure Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Nature Essays and Wilderness Studies from the author of The Yosemite, Our National Parks, A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf & Picturesque California
“The mountains are calling and I must go.”
Source: John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
Source: The Wilderness World 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
“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
Source: To Yosemite and Beyond: Writings from the Years 1863-1875
“God never made an ugly landscape. All that sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild.”
Source: John Muir, in His Own Words: A Book of Quotations
“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