Wilderness Quotes
There are no shortcuts through the wilderness of life.
Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth.
I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.
I have seen the light in the wilderness and I must follow it.
Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.
so wondrous wild, the whole might seemthe scenery of a fairy dream
...is not Nature, rightly read, that of which she is commonly taken to be the symbol merely?
...there is something which impresses the mind with awe in the shade and silence of these vast forests. In the deep solitude, alone with nature, we converse with God.
I didn’t say a word. He wouldn’t be using oxygen. K2 is more dangerous than Everest.
Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.
Tracks were adumbrations of the energy of life all about us, the recent history book of wilderness.
In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.
Life itself is the journey of the mind toward the unknown infinite wilderness. Get lost.
The writer Richard Manning has argued that 'the most destructive force in the American West is its commanding views, because they foster the illusion that we command.
If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple.
In the wilderness, God performs His mighty miracles.
...environment scarcely recognises a political frontier.
You carry the message you've been seeking, but realization of it is found in healthy retrospection, not among the wilderness of chaotic noise.
Chaos, leave me never, keep me wildand keep me freeso that mybrokenness will be, the only beautythe world will see.
If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.
The wilderness is a place of an encounter with the Creator.
What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
The mountains knew the definition of freedom. They provided a place where he could find his mind.
In the presence of the storm, thunderbolts, hurricane, rain, darkness, and the lions, which might be concealed but a few paces away, he felt disarmed and helpless.
The past and the future were starlight, seemingly so close, but forever out of reach. Eli felt that starlight, the infinity of knowing nothing but his finite existence.
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.
God determine the time and duration in the wilderness for every man.
In the wilderness, our faith is tested, and God faithfulness is manifested.
There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties
Every sacred soul must walk and keep the way of God in the wilderness for years, to begin the sacred writings.
Honoring a life is honoring the wide open space of wilderness and unknowing where the sacred dwells.
