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.
JOHN BURROUGHSOnly man seems to be endowed with this faculty; he alone develops disinterested intelligence, intelligence that is not primarily concerned with his own safety and well-being but that looks abroad upon things.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
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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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When Darwin published his conclusion that man was descended from an apelike ancestor who was again descended from a still lower type.
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Where country life is safe and enjoyable, where many of the conveniences and appliances of the town are joined to the large freedom and large benefits of the country, a high state of civilization prevails.
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If one gains an interest in the history of the earth, he is quite sure to gain an interest in the history of the life on the earth. If the former illustrates the theory of development, so must the latter.
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The feminine character, the feminine perceptions, intuitions, delicacy, sympathy, quickness, are more responsive to natural forms and influences than is the masculine mind.
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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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A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.
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Nothing. The Infinite knows no time, no space, no great, no small, no beginning, no end.
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Living in the city is a discordant thing, an unnatural thing.
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My life has been a fortunate one; I was born under a lucky star. It seems as if both wind and tide had favoured me.
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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 geologist is pretty sure to be an evolutionist.
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The common bees will never use their sting upon the queen; if she is to be disposed of, they starve her to death, and the queen herself will sting nothing but royalty, nothing but a rival queen.
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The naturist must see all things in the light of his experiences in this world.
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