Personal journalHow hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof!...In such places standing alone on the mountain-top it is easy to realize that whatever special nests we make—leaves and moss like the marmots and birds, or tents, or piled stone—we all dwell in a house of one room—the world with the firmament for its roof—and are sailing the celestial spaces without leaving any track.John Muir1890★ 5.2
Personal journalIn God's wildness lies the hope of the world—the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness.John Muir1890★ 3.6
Personal journalAll the wilderness seems to be full of tricks and plans to drive and draw us up into God's light.John Muir1869★ 3.5
Personal journalMost people are on the world, not in it—have no conscious sympathy or relationship to anything about them—undiffused, separate, and rigidly alone like marbles of polished stone, touching but separate.John Muir1890★ 3.5