No one else looks out upon the world so kindly and charitably as the pedestrian; no one else gives and takes so much from the country he passes through.
JOHN BURROUGHSLike tens of thousands of others, I have been a spectator of, rather than a participator in, the activities – political, commercial, sociological, scientific – of the times in which I have lived.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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Our flying squirrel is in no proper sense a flyer. On the ground, he is more helpless than a chipmunk, because less agile. He can only sail or slide down a steep incline from the top of one tree to the foot of another.
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If America wishes to preserve her native birds, we must help supply what civilization has taken from them.
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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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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
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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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How many thorns of human nature are bristling conceits, buds of promise grown sharp for want of congenial climate.
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Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or aeroplane, or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone.
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I have suffered no great losses, or defeats, or illness, or accidents, and have undergone no great struggles or privations; I have had no grouch. I have not wanted the earth.
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The naturist must see all things in the light of his experiences in this world.
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He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.
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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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For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice – no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
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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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If you think you can do it, you can.
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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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