John Muir Garden Quotations

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

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

When a man plants a tree, he plants himself.

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.

The finest of the glacier meadow gardens lie ...imbedded in the upper pine forests like lakes of light.

Government protection should be thrown around every wild grove and forest on the mountains, as it is around every private orchard, and the trees in public parks. To say nothing of their value as fountains of timber, they are worth infinitely more than all the gardens and parks of towns.

No words will ever describe the exquisite beauty and charm of this mountain park – Nature’s landscape garden at once tenderly beautiful and sublime. No wonder it draws nature-lovers from all over the world.

One can make a day of any size and regulate the rising and setting of his own sun and the brightness of its shining.

As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can".