Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
JOHN BURROUGHSJoy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
JOHN BURROUGHSAll birds are incipient or would-be songsters in the spring. I find corroborative evidence of this even in the crowing of the cock.
JOHN BURROUGHSThere are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.
JOHN BURROUGHSThe 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.
JOHN BURROUGHSRobin is one of the most native and democratic of our birds; he is one of the family, and seems much nearer to us than those rare, exotic visitants, as the orchard starling or rose-breasted grossbeak, with their distant, high-bred ways.
JOHN BURROUGHSA man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
JOHN BURROUGHSThe 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.
JOHN BURROUGHSAugust is the month of the high-sailing hawks. The hen hawk is the most noticeable. He likes the haze and calm of these long, warm days. He is a bird of leisure and seems always at his ease. How beautiful and majestic are his movements!
JOHN BURROUGHSHe who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.
JOHN BURROUGHSWhen Darwin published his conclusion that man was descended from an apelike ancestor who was again descended from a still lower type.
JOHN BURROUGHSAs with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.
JOHN BURROUGHSSecluded waters of some pool or lakelet, are the crown and summit of the floral expeditions of summer.
JOHN BURROUGHSThere never was a happier or more devoted husband than the male bluebird. He is the gay champion and escort of the female at all times, and while she is sitting, he feeds her regularly.
JOHN BURROUGHSThe dog is often quick to resent a kick, be it from man or beast, but I have never known him to show anger at the door that slammed to and hit him. Probably, if the door held him by his tail or his limb, it would quickly receive the imprint of his teeth.
JOHN BURROUGHSWe now use the word ‘nature’ very much as our fathers used the word ‘God.’
JOHN BURROUGHSTo learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
JOHN BURROUGHS