Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Wherever we go in the mountains, we find more than we seek.
None of Nature's landscapes are ugly so long as they are wild.
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
It is a fine thing to see people in hot earnest about anything.
It may not be easy, life isn't easy, but dreams keep you alive.
As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
I might have become a millionaire, but I chose to become a tramp.
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.
One day's exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.
I wonder if leaves feel lonely when they see their neighbors falling?
We all flow from one fountain- Soul. All are expressions of one love.
How infinitely superior to our physical senses are those of the mind!
Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen
Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all afflictions.
When California was wild, it was the floweriest part of the continent.
Books are but stepping stones to show you where other minds have been.
He had gone to the higher Sierras... [about Ralph Waldo Emerson's death]
Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life.
The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
Who wouldn't be a mountaineer! Up here all the world's prizes seem nothing
Men use care in purchasing a horse, and are neglectful in choosing friends.
A little pure wildness is the one great present want, both of men and sheep.
Tug on anything in nature and you will find it connected to everything else.
The mountains are fountains not only of rivers and fertile soil, but of men.
Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.
Of all the mountain ranges I have climbed, I like the Sierra Nevada the best.
Man and other civilized animals are the only creatures that ever become dirty.
Living artificially in towns, we are sickly, and never come to know ourselves.
No right way is easy in this rough world. We must risk our lives to save them.
Doubly happy, however, is the man to whom lofty mountain tops are within reach.
I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.
A man, in his books, may be said to walk the earth a long time after he is gone.
Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
Surely all God's people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play.
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
We live with our heels as well as head and most of our pleasure comes in that way.
Going to the woods is going home, for I suppose we came from the woods originally.
Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest!
In this silent, serene wilderness the weary can gain a heart-bath in perfect peace.
Sequoia seeds have flat wings, and glint and glance in their flight like a boy's kite.
I am well again, I came to life in the cool winds and crystal waters of the mountains.
To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot.
Who publishes the sheet-music of the winds or the music of water written in river-lines?
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
To the lover of pure wildness Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
Wilderness is a necessity... there must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls.