Some of the animals outsee man, outsmell him, outhear him, outrun him, outswim him, because their lives depend more upon these special powers than his does; but he can outwit them all because he has the resourcefulness of reason and is at home in many different fields.
JOHN BURROUGHSJoy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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There is something very human in this apparent mirth and mockery of the squirrels. It seems to be a sort of ironical laughter, and implies self-conscious pride and exultation in the laughter.
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Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.
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How many thorns of human nature are bristling conceits, buds of promise grown sharp for want of congenial climate.
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Every species of tree-squirrel seems to be capable of a sort of rudimentary flying, at least of making itself into a parachute, so as to ease or break a fall or a leap from a great height.
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It seems at times as if they possessed some extra sense – the home sense – which operates unerringly.
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Emerson stands apart from the other poets and essayists of New England, and of English literature generally, as of another order.
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The human body is a steed that goes freest and longest under a light rider, and the lightest of all riders is a cheerful heart.
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Man has climbed up from some lower animal form, but he has, as it were, pulled the ladder up after him.
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My motto is never to try to imitate anybody: I have always looked inward and followed the inward voice.
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Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls.
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How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
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We are really here to be happy and to make others happy.
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All the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
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Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.
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