John Muir quotes, with sources

Scottish-American naturalist and writer who helped found the Sierra Club. Here are 6 short quotes by John Muir (1838–1914), each with the work it comes from, drawn from 6 sources.

The mountains are calling and I must go, and I will work on while I can, studying incessantly.

Letter to Sarah Muir Galloway, in The Life and Letters of John Muir (ed. William Frederic Badè) (1873)

But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.

Steep Trails (originally published as 'Mormon Lilies,' San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 1877) (1918)

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else.

My First Summer in the Sierra, 1911

God never made an ugly landscape.

The National Parks and Forest Reservations, Address, 1895

Earth hath no sorrows that earth cannot heal.

Journal, 1872

Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.

The Yellowstone National Park, The Atlantic Monthly, 1898

Sources

Journal, 1872
Letter to Sarah Muir Galloway, in The Life and Letters of John Muir (ed. William Frederic Badè) (1873)
My First Summer in the Sierra, 1911
Steep Trails (originally published as 'Mormon Lilies,' San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 1877) (1918)
The National Parks and Forest Reservations, Address, 1895
The Yellowstone National Park, The Atlantic Monthly, 1898

Themes

Calm Purpose Wisdom Connection Joy Spiritual Hope Resilience

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