John Muir was an influential Scottish-American environmentalist and Naturalist who is widely known as the “Father of the National Parks”. Below are a few of the most famous John Muir quotes about nature and the beauty of our natural world:

“The mountains are calling, and I must go.”

“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks”

“Keep close to nature’s heart… and break clear away once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.”

“I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they like it, and though fast rooted, they travel about as fast as we do.”

“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!”

“Rocks and waters are words of God, and so are men. We all flow from one fountain soul. All are expressions of one love.”

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.”

“To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.”

“Every natural object is a conductor of divinity, and only by coming into contact with them may we be filled with the Holy Ghost.”