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 BURROUGHSWriting 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.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.
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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.
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Every species of tree-squirrel seems to be capable of a sort of rudimentary flying, at least of making itself into a parachute, so as to ease or break a fall or a leap from a great height.
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The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds.
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England is not a country of granite and marble, but of chalk, marl, and clay.
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You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.
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The feminine character, the feminine perceptions, intuitions, delicacy, sympathy, quickness, are more responsive to natural forms and influences than is the masculine mind.
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Nature furnishes the conditions – the solitude – and the soul furnishes the entertainment.
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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 moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.
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All the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
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There is something very human in this apparent mirth and mockery of the squirrels. It seems to be a sort of ironical laughter, and implies self-conscious pride and exultation in the laughter.
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It seems at times as if they possessed some extra sense – the home sense – which operates unerringly.
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To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
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He is a reversion to an earlier type, the type of the bard, the skald, the poet-seer.
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