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 MuirRead
Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote expresses the vibrancy and vitality of nature, suggesting that all elements are interconnected and full of life.
John Muir's quote illustrates the idea that every part of nature is alive and resonating with energy, similar to how music evokes emotions and feelings. The imagery of 'hidden cells' and 'harp strings' emphasizes the beauty and harmony present in the natural world, inviting us to recognize and appreciate the life force that surrounds us.
Themes
NatureLifeMusicVibrancyInterconnectedness
In practice
Example use cases
Use this quote during a speech about environmental conservation to highlight the importance of appreciating nature.
More from John Muir
All quotes βWhen we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
John MuirRead
As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can".
John MuirRead
The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted. The whole continent was a garden, and from the beginning, it seemed to be favored above all the other wild parks and gardens of the globe.
John MuirRead
From the dust of the earth, from the common elementary fund, the Creator has made Homo sapiens. From the same material he has made every other creature, however noxious and insignificant to us. They are earth-born companions and our fellow mortals.
John MuirRead
...full of God's thoughts, a place of peace and safety amid the most exalted grandeur and enthusiastic action, a new song, a place of beginnings abounding in first lessons of life, mountain building, eternal, invincible, unbreakable order; with sermons in stone, storms, trees, flowers, and animals brimful with humanity.
John MuirRead
Similar quotes
We pull out of the ground death, we burn death in our power plants, and then we act shocked when we get death in the form of oil spills and global warming.
Van JonesRead
Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.
Elizabeth Barrett BrowningRead
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
Langston HughesRead
This much is certain: We have the power to damage the sea, but no sure way to heal the harm.
Sylvia EarleRead
Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our parks and wilderness areas.
Ansel AdamsRead
The sweetest hunts are stolen. To steal a hunt, either go far into the wilderness where no one has been, or else find some undiscovered place under everybody's nose
Aldo LeopoldRead