"The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it" — John Burroughs

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict

Source: Self-Culture (1838)

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.

Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)

Wild love, is there anything you cannot force upon the human heart.

One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity

John Burroughs Quote