It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
JOHN BURROUGHS
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
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The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
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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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One reason, doubtless, why squirrels are so bold and reckless in leaping through the trees is that, if they miss their hold and fall, they sustain no injury.
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I have discovered the secret of happiness – it is work, either with the hands or the head.
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Living in the city is a discordant thing, an unnatural thing.
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As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.
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I went to the Lake District to see what kind of a country it could be that would produce a Wordsworth.
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How many human aspirations are realized in their free, holiday-lives, and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!
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We talk of communing with Nature, but ’tis with ourselves we commune.
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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 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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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 queen, I say, is the mother bee; it is undoubtedly complimenting her to call her a queen and invest her with regal authority, yet she is a superb creature and looks every inch a queen.
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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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