Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it. John Muir More Quotes by John Muir More Quotes From John Muir Men use care in purchasing a horse, and are neglectful in choosing friends. John Muir horseusemen We all travel the milky way together, trees and men; but it never occurred to me until this storm-day, while swinging in the wind, that trees are travelers in the ordinary sense. They make many journeys, not extensive ones, it is true; but our own little journeys, away and back again, are only little more than tree-wavings - many of them not so much. John Muir naturehumilitylife Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all afflictions. John Muir afflictionwoodsgreen Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far! John Muir spacewindtwo A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. John Muir tragedytreesong I know that our bodies were made to thrive only in pure air, and the scenes in which pure air is found. John Muir environmentbodyair How many hearts with warm, red blood in them are beating under cover of the woods, and how many teeth and eyes are shining? A multitude of animal people, intimately related to us, but of whose lives we know almost nothing, are as busy about their own affairs as we are about ours. John Muir eyeheartadventure Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get - -people,storms, guardian angels, or sheep. John Muir angelsheeppeople Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world. John Muir curiositytreetwo The mountains are fountains not only of rivers and fertile soil, but of men. John Muir mountainriversmen Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts; and if people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish. John Muir natureheartpeople We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men. John Muir togethertreemen Galen Clark was the best mountaineer I ever met, and one of the kindest and most amiable of all my mountain friends. John Muir galenmetsmountain Only spread a fern-frond over a man's head and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom and beauty and peace come in. John Muir carenaturemen There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself. John Muir yosemitefragmentsunity I used to envy the father of our race, dwelling as he did in contact with the new-made fields and plants of Eden; but I do so no more, because I have discovered that I also live in "creation's dawn." The morning stars still sing together, and the world, not yet half made, becomes more beautiful every day. John Muir naturebeautifulbeauty Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue. John Muir breathingairlife One day's exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books. John Muir one-dayadventurebook Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest! Days in whose light everything seems equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God. Nevermore, however weary, should one faint by the way who gains the blessings of one mountain day; whatever his fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever. John Muir short-lifefateblessing When we try to pick out anything by itself we find it hitched to everything else in the universe ... The whole wilderness is unity and interrelation, is alive and familiar, full of humanity. The very stones seem talkative, sympathetic, brotherly. John Muir unityhumanityscience
