Whitman was Emerson translated from the abstract into the concrete.
JOHN BURROUGHSFor 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.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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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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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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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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My motto is never to try to imitate anybody: I have always looked inward and followed the inward voice.
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Leap, and the net will appear.
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A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
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Nature teaches more than she preaches.
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The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
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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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All the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
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He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.
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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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I have suffered no great losses, or defeats, or illness, or accidents, and have undergone no great struggles or privations; I have had no grouch. I have not wanted the earth.
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England is like the margin of a spring-run: near its source, always green, always cool, always moist, comparatively free from frost in winter and from drought in summer.
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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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