John Muir Quotes

To me, the world's rather beautiful if you look at it. Especially nature.

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.

As much as I love art, there is no art as fine as the world we have been given.

The moments that I feel the most imbued with a sense of awe are always the moments when I am outdoors. I can't help but feel a certain sense of wonder - I become almost filled with it.

There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.

Even with all of the things that are so awful, if you walk into your yard and stay there looking at almost anything for five minutes, you will be stunned by how marvelous life is and how incredibly lucky we are to have it.

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.

Look up from what you're doing and look around for a minute. See what a beautiful world you're in.

I love life. There's so much to learn and see all the time, and nothing nicer for me than to wake up, and the sky is blue.

I just find the world very exciting and beautiful everywhere.

Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.

Nature's beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.

Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there's something good about feeling both.

Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup.

Cherish sunsets, wild creatures and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth.

I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.

Life has sweetness to it and a beauty and a power that I wanted to celebrate.

I am inspired and affected by Aspen, the light and the landscape and the natural world.

I live near a beautiful park, and when I walk around it, the beauty of it can take your breath away. It makes you realize there is something bigger, certainly bigger than me.

It amazes me, and I know the wind will surely someday blow it all away It amazes me, and I'm so very grateful that You made the world this way

The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more.

Don't criticize nature, stand in awe of it.

I always say that the times in my life when I've been happiest are the times when I've seen, like, a sunset.

In a meadow full of flowers, you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to support the beauty, the poetry, of life.