We talk of communing with Nature, but ’tis with ourselves we commune.
JOHN BURROUGHSThe beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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If you think you can do it, you can.
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A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
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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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I am for 100 per cent Americanism, 100 per cent efficiency, and 100 per cent life. I expect to live to be 100 years old.
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Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
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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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You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.
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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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Even in rugged Scotland, nature is scarcely wilder than a mountain sheep, certainly a good way short of the ferity of the moose and caribou.
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Sometimes I am worried by the thought of the effect that life in the city will have on coming generations.
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One of the most graceful of warriors is the robin. I know few prettier sights than two males challenging and curveting about each other upon the grass in early spring. Their attentions to each other are so courteous and restrained.
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I have discovered the secret of happiness. It is work.
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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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One reason, doubtless, why squirrels are so bold and reckless in leaping through the trees is that, if they miss their hold and fall, they sustain no injury.
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To still others, who again have their human prototypes, it means a struggle, more or less fierce, to keep soul and body together; while to many insect forms, it means death.
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