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.
JOHN BURROUGHSAs with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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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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The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.
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As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.
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It seems to me that evolution adds greatly to the wonder of life because it takes it out of the realm of the arbitrary, the exceptional, and links it to the sequence of natural causation.
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There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
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Most people were shocked by the thought; it was intensely repugnant to their feelings.
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Fear, love, and hunger were the agents that developed the wits of the lower animals, as they were, of course, the prime factors in developing the intelligence of man.
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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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Whitman was Emerson translated from the abstract into the concrete.
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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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To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter.
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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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We talk of communing with Nature, but ’tis with ourselves we commune.
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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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The secret of happiness is something to do.
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