I went to the Lake District to see what kind of a country it could be that would produce a Wordsworth.
JOHN BURROUGHSSecluded waters of some pool or lakelet, are the crown and summit of the floral expeditions of summer.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
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To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter.
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There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
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The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds.
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We are beginning to see that money, after all, is not the main thing. The real values cannot be bought and sold.
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I have suffered no great losses, or defeats, or illness, or accidents, and have undergone no great struggles or privations; I have had no grouch. I have not wanted the earth.
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Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till he has established communication with the soil by the loving and magnetic touch of his soles to it.
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I am for 100 per cent Americanism, 100 per cent efficiency, and 100 per cent life. I expect to live to be 100 years old.
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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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In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom.
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It seems to me that evolution adds greatly to the wonder of life because it takes it out of the realm of the arbitrary, the exceptional, and links it to the sequence of natural causation.
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The homing instinct in birds and animals is one of their most remarkable traits: their strong local attachments and their skill in finding their way back when removed to a distance.
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The secret of happiness is something to do.
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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
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