The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
JOHN BURROUGHSThe fine, hair-like rootlets at the bottom and the microscopical cells of the leaves at the top.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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Unadulterated, unsweetened observations are what the real nature-lover craves. No man can invent incidents and traits as interesting as the reality.
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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
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The geologist is pretty sure to be an evolutionist.
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He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.
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There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.
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Emerson’s fame as a writer and thinker was firmly established during his lifetime by the books he gave to the world.
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Sometimes I am worried by the thought of the effect that life in the city will have on coming generations.
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Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature.
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Writing is reporting what we saw after the vision has left us. It is catching the fish which the tide has left far up on our shores in the low and depressed places.
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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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The naturist must see all things in the light of his experiences in this world.
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As life nears its end with me, I find myself meditating more and more upon the mystery of its nature and origin, yet without the least hope that I can find out the ways of the Eternal in this or in any other world.
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If America wishes to preserve her native birds, we must help supply what civilization has taken from them.
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In winter, the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.
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Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
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