Nature furnishes the conditions – the solitude – and the soul furnishes the entertainment.
JOHN BURROUGHSTo be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring – these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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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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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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Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or aeroplane, or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone.
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The art of the bird is to conceal its nest both as to position and as to material, but now and then it is betrayed into weaving into its structure showy and bizarre bits of this or that, which give its secret away and which seem to violate all the traditions of its kind.
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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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The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds.
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Living in the city is a discordant thing, an unnatural thing.
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The secret of happiness is something to do.
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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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If you think you can do it, you can.
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Leap, and the net will appear.
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He is a reversion to an earlier type, the type of the bard, the skald, the poet-seer.
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Nothing. The Infinite knows no time, no space, no great, no small, no beginning, no end.
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It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.
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The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That’s Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.
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