Naturalists, like poets, are born and then made only by years of painstaking observation.
JOHN BURROUGHSOne may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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We now use the word ‘nature’ very much as our fathers used the word ‘God.’
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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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Nothing. The Infinite knows no time, no space, no great, no small, no beginning, no end.
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I have discovered the secret of happiness. It is work.
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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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If you think you can do it, you can.
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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.
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Some of the animals outsee man, outsmell him, outhear him, outrun him, outswim him, because their lives depend more upon these special powers than his does; but he can outwit them all because he has the resourcefulness of reason and is at home in many different fields.
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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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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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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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How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
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Living in the city is a discordant thing, an unnatural thing.
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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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The life of a swarm of bees is like an active and hazardous campaign of an army: the ranks are being continually depleted and continually recruited.
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