I have heard of Texas pioneers living without bread or anything made from the cereals for months without suffering, using the breast-meat of wild turkeys for bread. Of this kind, they had plenty in the good old days when life, though considered less safe, was fussed over the less. John Muir breadbreastcereal share on social
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. John Muir avalanchecaredisease Change image and share on social
Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter. John Muir baggagechatterdust Change image and share on social
Every natural object is a conductor of divinity and only by coming into contact with them... may we be filled with the Holy Ghost. John Muir comeconductorcontact Change image and share on social
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 broadclimbclose Change image and share on social
Sequoia seeds have flat wings, and glint and glance in their flight like a boy's kite. John Muir boyflatflight Change image and share on social
The power of imagination makes us infinite. John Muir imaginationinfinitemake Change image and share on social
When California was wild, it was the floweriest part of the continent. John Muir californiacontinentfloweriest Change image and share on social
Every other civilized nation in the world has been compelled to care for its forests, and so must we if waste and destruction are not to go on to the bitter end, leaving America as barren as Palestine or Spain. John Muir americabarrenbitter share on social
Under the Timber and Stone Act of 1878, which might well have been called the 'Dust and Ashes Act,' any citizen of the United States could take up one hundred and sixty acres of timber land and, by paying two dollars and a half an acre for it, obtain title. John Muir acreactashe share on social
