Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.
JOHN BURROUGHSThere is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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To regard the soul and body as one, or to ascribe to consciousness a physiological origin, is not detracting from its divinity; it is rather conferring divinity upon the body.
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If you think you can do it, you can.
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The Infinite cannot be measured. The plan of Nature is so immense, but she has no plan, no scheme, but to go on and on forever. What is size, what is time, distance, to the Infinite?
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The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
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On the same principles, the ornithologist will direct you where to look for the greenlets, the wood-sparrow, or the chewink.
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There is a great deal of speculation in the eye of an animal, but very little science.
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For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice – no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
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Writing is reporting what we saw after the vision has left us. It is catching the fish which the tide has left far up on our shores in the low and depressed places.
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Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls.
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The geologist is pretty sure to be an evolutionist.
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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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Secluded waters of some pool or lakelet, are the crown and summit of the floral expeditions of summer.
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The secret of happiness is something to do.
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The naturist must see all things in the light of his experiences in this world.
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There 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.
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