Quotes about Wilderness

He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, must explore the glen, must stem the torrent, and dare the precipice.

— Washington Irving

At one time in the world there were woods that no one owned.

— Cormac McCarthy

When they have opened a gap in the ... wall of separation between the Garden of the Church and the wildernes of the world, God hath ever ... made his Garden a Wildernesse.

— Roger Williams

Bare heights of loneliness...a wilderness whose burning winds sweep over glowing sands, what are they to HIM? Even there He can refresh us, even there He can renew us.

— Amy Carmichael

God is entirely and personally present in the wilderness, in the garden, in the field.

— Martin Luther