The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense is his life, large-brained, large-lunged, hot, ecstatic, his frame charged with buoyancy and his heart with song.
JOHN BURROUGHSHow many thorns of human nature are bristling conceits, buds of promise grown sharp for want of congenial climate.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.
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The Nature Lover is not looking for mere facts but for meanings, for something he can translate into terms of his own life.
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Why, we have invented the whole machinery of the supernatural, with its unseen spirits and powers, good and bad, to account for things, because we found the universal everyday nature too cheap, too common, too vulgar.
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Every species of tree-squirrel seems to be capable of a sort of rudimentary flying, at least of making itself into a parachute, so as to ease or break a fall or a leap from a great height.
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To 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.
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The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds.
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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
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It seems at times as if they possessed some extra sense – the home sense – which operates unerringly.
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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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There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
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I crave and seek a natural explanation of all phenomena upon this earth, but the word ‘natural’ to me implies more than mere chemistry and physics.
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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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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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How many thorns of human nature are bristling conceits, buds of promise grown sharp for want of congenial climate.
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The pond-lily is a star and easily takes the first place among lilies; and the expeditions to her haunts, and the gathering her where she rocks upon the dark.
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