I bade adieu to mechanical inventions, determined to devote the rest of my life to the study of the inventions of God. John Muir Read Quote
The wild Indian power of escaping observation, even where there is little or no cover to hide in, was probably slowly acquired in hard hunting and fighting lessons while trying to approach game, take enemies by surprise, or get safely away when compelled to retreat. John Muir Read Quote
One of the best ways to see tree flowers is to climb one of the tallest trees and to get into close, tingling touch with them, and then look broad. John Muir Read Quote
In most mills, only the best portions of the best trees are used, while the ruins are left on the ground to feed great fires which kill much of what is left of the less desirable timber, together with the seedlings on which the permanence of the forest depends. John Muir Read Quote
I suppose we need not go mourning the buffaloes. In the nature of things, they had to give place to better cattle, though the change might have been made without barbarous wickedness. John Muir Read Quote
Sequoia seeds have flat wings, and glint and glance in their flight like a boy’s kite. John Muir Read Quote
The dispersal of juniper seeds is effected by the plum and cherry plan of hiring birds at the cost of their board, and thus obtaining the use of a pair of extra good wings. John Muir Read Quote
How terribly downright must be the utterances of storms and earthquakes to those accustomed to the soft hypocrisies of society. John Muir Read Quote
