The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.
JOHN BURROUGHSWe are really here to be happy and to make others happy.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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Only man seems to be endowed with this faculty; he alone develops disinterested intelligence, intelligence that is not primarily concerned with his own safety and well-being but that looks abroad upon things.
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Unadulterated, unsweetened observations are what the real nature-lover craves. No man can invent incidents and traits as interesting as the reality.
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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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Most people were shocked by the thought; it was intensely repugnant to their feelings.
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The dog is often quick to resent a kick, be it from man or beast, but I have never known him to show anger at the door that slammed to and hit him. Probably, if the door held him by his tail or his limb, it would quickly receive the imprint of his teeth.
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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 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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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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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 fine, hair-like rootlets at the bottom and the microscopical cells of the leaves at the top.
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I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.
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The human body is a steed that goes freest and longest under a light rider, and the lightest of all riders is a cheerful heart.
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We talk of communing with Nature, but ’tis with ourselves we commune.
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To strong, susceptible characters, the music of nature is not confined to sweet sounds.
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