Wilderness Quotes Quotes & Sayings

So, a crash course for the amnesiac," Leo said, in a helpful tone that made Jason think this was not going to be helpful. "We go to the 'Wilderness School'" - Leo made air quotes with his fingers. "Which means we're 'bad kids.' Your family, or the court, or whoever, decided you were too much trouble, so they shipped you off to this lovely prison - sorry, 'boarding school' - in Armpit, Nevada, where you learn valuable nature skills like running ten miles a day through the cacti and weaving daisies into hats! And for a special treat we go on 'educational' field trips with Coach Hedge, who keeps order with a baseball bat. — Rick Riordan

There is a wilderness we walk alone
However well-companioned — Stephen Vincent Benet

We are the pioneers of the world; the advance-guard sent on through the wilderness of untried things ... — Herman Melville

Beauty is the wilderness of sensual perception where we always want to get lost. — Debasish Mridha

Having our voices heard in the wilderness is akin to sharing our souls. Angelina J. Windsor — Angelina J. Windsor

Among wilderness survival tips, punching a wild animal in the face probably isn't on a checklist. — Kat Kruger

Connecting with the wilderness allows us to live in the flow of a meaningful, joyful life. Embracing this state of connectedness or oneness with other living beings including animals, as opposed to feeling an "otherness" or "separateness" brings a sense of harmony and enables us to be at peace with oneself and the world. — Sylvia Dolson

Where wilderness can still be found, the ancientness of the land and the nobility of man's struggle emerge. Wilderness is vastly different from the clutter and clatter of much of our civilized world. In wilderness one experiences exhilaration and joy. In freedom and simplicity, in its vitality and immense variety, happiness may not only be pursued; it is ofttimes found. — Harvey Broome

Nature is an outcry, unpolished truth; the art - a euphemism - tamed wilderness. — Dejan Stojanovic

The creative journey is not a trek through the wilderness, but actually a clearly defined path, which though not visible to our outside eyes, can be felt with our inner senses. — Lucy H. Pearce

The west coast is a mecca for wild hearts, wild minds, wild spirits and I'm a WMD - I've got so much energy I'm about to explode. — Shannon Mullen

Institutions train men to be skilled;
the wilderness trains men to become great. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The outside is the only place we can truly be inside the world. — Daniel J. Rice

We have had a hard and somewhat dangerous but very successful trip. No less than six weeks were spent... forcing our way down through what seemed a literally endless succession of rapids and cataracts. For forty-eight days we saw no human being. In passing these rapids we lost five of the seven canoes... One of our best men lost his life in the rapids. Under the strain one of the men went completely bad... and when punished by the sergeant he... murdered the sergeant and fled into the wilderness... We have put on the map a river about 1500 kilometres in length... Until now its upper course has been utterly unknown to every one, and its lower course... unknown to all cartographers. — Theodore Roosevelt

In the wilderness you learn how to overcome your greatest enemy: yourself. — Matshona Dhliwayo

One who will not accept solitude, stillness and quiet recurring moments ... is caught up in the wilderness of addictions; far removed from an original state of being and awareness. This is 'dis-ease. — T.F. Hodge

The forest is blanketed by the greenest ferns and moss and bonsai-like trees, a wild majesty that beckons hobbits and pixies and elves and dreamers. — Shannon Mullen

Before the blacktop came, the twisty old road beckoned only to those who loved the land and, out of that love, cherished it and left it as fair and clean as before they came. — Helen Hoover

And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul — John Muir

Life itself is the journey of the mind toward the unknown infinite wilderness. Get lost. — Debasish Mridha

The further you are in the wilderness, the closer the Promised Land is. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Wilderness is wise; civilization enjoys the joy of foolishness. — Debasish Mridha

Priceless diamonds often shape in worthless dirt. — Matshona Dhliwayo

That's what mountains do, they taunt you, lure you to the freedom of the wilderness, and it is fucking exhilarating. — Shannon Mullen

The world we know is dwarfed by the worlds we don't. Why not explore them all? Being out there in the wilderness, you have no idea what'll happen, really. It could be just you and this gorgeous night sky, or maybe you are surfing and some big ass wave comes at you, and if you don't ride that sucker, it'll put you under and have you for lunch, or you might turn a corner on a hike and there's some beautiful deer and her little fawn-- now that has meaning, all of those things, and I need more of that and less of trying to make money so I can pay bills to live in a way I just don't care about anymore. — Erica Ferencik

You are a beautiful flower of love in the endless wilderness of time. — Debasish Mridha

Don't look outside in the world or in wilderness to find the peace, look inside your heart, where it resides. — Debasish Mridha

I have to race because racing is a part of me. But I had to learn to race from a place of joy. Not pain. Not sorrow. Not anger. Not to fix things I can't control. But for a connection with other people. With the wilderness. With myself. — Erin Beresini

To grow unique beauty, be wild and live in the wilderness of your mind. — Debasish Mridha

Cherish kindness, even when you are living in wilderness. — Debasish Mridha

If I can't sing, then let me listen to the songs of the wilderness and let me watch the dance of a lonely leaf. — Debasish Mridha

There is nothing wrong with technology. It's a gift! I don't think we should keep our kids away from the modern conveniences of our time, but I do believe it's time to regain some balance. Children can benefit from technology, but they need nature. Let them have their video games and Internet, but make sure they are getting equal amounts of mud, dirt, sticks, puddles, free play and imagination. — Brooke Hampton

Only those who are eager to get lost in the wilderness of life's beauty can find a meaningful life. — Debasish Mridha

Institutions train you to be skilled;
the wilderness trains you to become great. — Matshona Dhliwayo

To live without an aim is to wander in a wilderness. — Radhe Maa