One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
JOHN BURROUGHSBlessed 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.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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Emerson is the spokesman and prophet of youth and of a formative, idealistic age. His is a voice from the heights which are ever bathed in the sunshine of the spirit.
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If one gains an interest in the history of the earth, he is quite sure to gain an interest in the history of the life on the earth. If the former illustrates the theory of development, so must the latter.
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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
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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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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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My motto is never to try to imitate anybody: I have always looked inward and followed the inward voice.
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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
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The love of nature is a different thing from the love of science, though the two may go together.
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Secluded waters of some pool or lakelet, are the crown and summit of the floral expeditions of summer.
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I have discovered the secret of happiness. It is work.
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In winter, the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.
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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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The city, a place to which one goes to do business, is a place where men overreach each other in the fight for money. But it is not a place in which one can live.
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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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Naturalists, like poets, are born and then made only by years of painstaking observation.
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