Emerson was such an important figure in our literary history, and in the moral and religious development of our people, that attention cannot be directed to him too often.
JOHN BURROUGHSThe feminine character, the feminine perceptions, intuitions, delicacy, sympathy, quickness, are more responsive to natural forms and influences than is the masculine mind.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.
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How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
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The city, a place to which one goes to do business, is a place where men overreach each other in the fight for money. But it is not a place in which one can live.
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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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All birds are incipient or would-be songsters in the spring. I find corroborative evidence of this even in the crowing of the cock.
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Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.
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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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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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Nature teaches more than she preaches.
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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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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 Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
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I have thought that a good test of civilization, perhaps one of the best, is country life.
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The secret of happiness is something to do.
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