John Muir Quotes

The only time I can really relax is up a tree or somewhere outside. I love being outside.

I like going into nature and that's where I'm happiest.

I love being in the woods, when I can just walk barefoot in the grass and just sit down and breathe. I love that so much.

I need my outdoors, my comfort.

Sunsets are my escape into the reality I want to continuously live.

I think people should maybe just go out into the garden and watch a ladybug crawl across a flower and relax their mind. That's about all you need to know about life, I think.

Away from the tumult of motor and mill I want to be care-free; I want to be still! I'm weary of doing things; weary of words I want to be one with the blossoms and birds.

There is no greater feeling than hanging out with my dogs, or just walking around the land with our horses. My rescue ranch is is where I feel the most at peace and where I'm reminded of the simple things in life and let the chaos of my crazy work life fade away.

Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy.

I needed to be in the bush. There I find solitude and beauty and purity and focus. That's where my heart lies.

For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.

If you want to relax, watch the clouds pass by if you're laying on the grass, or sit in front of the creek; just doing nothing and having those still moments is what really rejuvenates the body.

Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature.

The world is like a little marsh filled with mint and white hawthorn.

I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.

I like to sit in my backyard. I go out on the hammock and sit in silence and kind of meditate. Nature is calming, and it's nice to go out there and clear my head.

People are going to a place like Pugwash and that whole area to escape from industry, to have the serenity of the surroundings and the beauty.

I love paddle boarding. It gives me that feeling of peace as well as an opportunity to enjoy nature's true beauty.

To escape and sit quietly on the beach - that's my idea of paradise.

Every day I wake up in Paris, it's real tranquillity. No pressure. I'm out of the grasp of people. I don't have a phone, and I drift a little bit.

I always see gardening as escape, as peace really. If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil.

I absolutely fell in love with being on the water and the peace and freedom that you get being on the water in a single boat.

Every time I'm in the woods, i feel like I'm in church.

The psychiatrist wants to know why I go out and hike around in the forests and watch the birds and collect butterflies. I'll show you my collection some day.Good.They want to know what I do with my time. I tell them that sometimes I just sit and think. But I won't tell them what. I've got them running. And sometimes, I tell them, I like to put my head back, like this, and let the rain fall in my mouth. It tastes just like wine. Have you ever tried it?

I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home. I thus dispose of the superfluous and see things as they are, grand and beautiful.