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In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir -
Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, days in whose light everything seems equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God.
John Muir
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When California was wild, it was the floweriest part of the continent.
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; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.
John Muir -
The redwood is one of the few conifers that sprout from the stump and roots, and it declares itself willing to begin immediately to repair the damage of the lumberman and also that of the forest-burner.
John Muir -
The practical importance of the preservation of our forests is augmented by their relations to climate, soil and streams.
John Muir -
I always enjoyed the hearty society of a snowstorm.
John Muir -
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
John Muir