When a herd of cattle see a strange object, they are not satisfied till each one has sniffed it; and the horse is cured of his fright at the robe, or the meal-bag, or other object, as soon as he can be induced to smell it.
JOHN BURROUGHSThe Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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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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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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To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
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It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
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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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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
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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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Women are about the best lovers of nature, after all; at least of nature in her milder and more familiar forms.
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If America wishes to preserve her native birds, we must help supply what civilization has taken from them.
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The distribution of plants in a given locality is not more marked and defined than that of the birds. Show a botanist a landscape, and he will tell you where to look for the lady’s-slipper, the columbine, or the harebell.
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I have discovered the secret of happiness. It is work.
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Most birds are very stiff-necked, like the robin, and as they run or hop upon the ground, carry the head as if it were riveted to the body.
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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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Emerson’s fame as a writer and thinker was firmly established during his lifetime by the books he gave to the world.
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Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.
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