"We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of hurry" — John Burroughs

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

Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)

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

Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties

Marriage is like life in this-that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

John Burroughs Quote