My life has been a fortunate one; I was born under a lucky star. It seems as if both wind and tide had favoured me.
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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The animal world seizes its food in masses little and big, and often gorges itself with it, but the vegetable, through the agency of the solvent power of water, absorbs its nourishment molecule by molecule.
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Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature.
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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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Birds and animals probably think without knowing that they think; that is, they have not self-consciousness.
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Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.
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My motto is never to try to imitate anybody: I have always looked inward and followed the inward voice.
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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
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Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.
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The 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.
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Father knew me not. All my aspirations in life were a sealed book to him, as much as his peculiar religious experiences were to me.
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There is something very human in this apparent mirth and mockery of the squirrels. It seems to be a sort of ironical laughter, and implies self-conscious pride and exultation in the laughter.
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The feminine character, the feminine perceptions, intuitions, delicacy, sympathy, quickness, are more responsive to natural forms and influences than is the masculine mind.
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The building of cities and towns, the cutting down of forests, and the draining of pools and swamps have deprived American birds of their original homes and food supply.
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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
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The secret of happiness is something to do.
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