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1 " Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity "
― John Muir , Our National Parks
2 " Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life. "
3 " Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life. Awakening from the stupefying effects of the vice of over-industry and the deadly apathy of luxury, they are trying as best they can to mix and enrich their own little ongoings with those of Nature, and to get rid of rust and disease. "
4 " One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. "
5 " One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else. "
6 " It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest. "
7 " It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset. [speaking about Ralph Waldo Emerson] "
8 " He had gone to the higher Sierras... [about Ralph Waldo Emerson's death] "
9 " The finest of the glacier meadow gardens lie ...imbedded in the upper pine forests like lakes of light. "
10 " C. albus...I think the very loveliest of all the lily family,- a spotless soul, plant saint, that every one must love and so be made better. It puts the wildest mountaineer on his good behavior. With this plant the whole world would seem rich though non other existed. "
11 " In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others "
12 " This is Nature's own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended. "
13 " Lake McDonald, full of brisk trout, is in the heart of this forest, and Avalanche Lake is ten miles above McDonald, at the feet of a group of glacier-laden mountains. Give a month at least to this precious reserve. The time will not be taken from the sum of your life. "
14 " In the meantime, the wildest health and pleasure grounds accessible and available to tourists seeking escape from care and dust and early death are the parks and reservations of the West. "
