John Muir Quotes

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.

It's been a huge blessing, being able to travel and have a great life.

Sometimes I spend all day trying to count the leaves on a single tree... Of course I have to give up, but by then I'm half crazy with the wonder of it--the abundance of the leaves, the quietness of the branches, the hopelessness of my effort. And I am in that delicious and important place, roaring with laughter, full of earth-praise.

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

I've backpacked to countries like Italy and Turkey and observed beautiful scenery, but then I realized that beauty was always very close to me. It is here in Belitung Island, where the rivers, beaches and the terrain captivate my attention most.

No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor.

There are so many things to be lucky for. Lucky to be healthy, lucky to be, like, beautiful. Lucky to be living in America.

But as far as being an American and loving this country and getting a chance to travel across it every day and meeting people on the road and folks in the military, I love this country on so many different levels.

One doesn't soon forget the natural beauty of Washington, although those of us who live here do sometimes take it for granted.

And, obviously as a, as one who likes to travel around myself a lot, I think the Earth is a beautiful place. And, I'm looking forward to some new perspectives.

It's beautiful being out in the wild.

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

I guess my critics say, 'He must be crazy. Nothing can be that beautiful.' But when you think that there are so many people around the world who have nothing, you realize how lucky you are to be making a living in the big leagues.

I mean, Hawaii is beautiful, but the world is full of beautiful places.

It's almost easy for me to write about a magnificent tropical village with orchids and dragonflies. That's intoxicating, but the United States is magical, too. We just forget this.

Wherever you go, man-made things are man-made, but you’ve got to get out and see God’s beauty of the world.

Nature seems to have poured forth her riches so without calculation, merely to mark the fullness of her joy.

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

Long before I learned to do a sum in arithmetic or describe the shape of the earth, Miss Sullivan had taught me to find beauty in the fragrant woods, in every blade of grass, and in the curves and dimples of my baby sister's hand.

The beauty and charm of the wilderness are his for the asking, for the edges of the wilderness lie close beside the beaten roads of the present travel.

I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.

I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come.

Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.

spring is super in the supermarkets and the strawberries prance and glow never mind that they're all kinda tart and tasteless as strawberries go meanwhile wild things are not for sale anymore than they are for show so i'll be outside, in love with the kind of beauty it takes more than eyes to know

The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see.