Muir, John

US (Scottish-born) conservationist and naturalist

founded Sierra Club 1892

• "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe."
• "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."
• "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves."
• "Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean."