John Muir Wilder Quotations

Come to the woods, for here is rest.

All wilderness seems to be full of tricks and plans to drive and draw us up into God's light.

The most distinctive, and perhaps the most impressive, characteristic of American scenery is its wilderness.

You know that I have not lagged behind in the work of exploring our grand wilderness, and in calling everybody to come and enjoy the thousand blessings they have to offer.

Strange the faithless fuss made about taking a walk in the safest and pleasantest of all places, a wilderness.

No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.

Go quietly alone, no harm will befall you.

Who wouldn't be a mountaineer! Up here all the world's prizes seem nothing

Wilderness is a necessity... there must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls...

The clearest way to the Universe is through a forest wilderness