One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
JOHN BURROUGHSThe spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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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.
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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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Leap, and the net will appear.
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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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If you think you can do it, you can.
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I crave and seek a natural explanation of all phenomena upon this earth, but the word ‘natural’ to me implies more than mere chemistry and physics.
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The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
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England is like the margin of a spring-run: near its source, always green, always cool, always moist, comparatively free from frost in winter and from drought in summer.
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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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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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Nothing. The Infinite knows no time, no space, no great, no small, no beginning, no end.
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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
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We are really here to be happy and to make others happy.
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Even in rugged Scotland, nature is scarcely wilder than a mountain sheep, certainly a good way short of the ferity of the moose and caribou.
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Women are about the best lovers of nature, after all; at least of nature in her milder and more familiar forms.
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