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Find important quotes and citations by the author John Burroughs.
Quote 3026
If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must goMore quotes on the topics: science knowledge acceptance principle
Quote 3025
Leap, and the net will appearMore quotes on the topics: appearance self-confidence courage
Quote 3024
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.More quotes on the topics: opportunity deception temptation
Quote 3023
Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moralMore quotes on the topics: nature teaching morality knowledge
Quote 3022
If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is natureMore quotes on the topics: friendship nature reliability worth possession
Quote 3021
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmativeQuote 3020
There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively badQuote 3019
I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happyMore quotes on the topics: discovery secret happiness work mind activity
Quote 3018
Culture means the perfect and equal development of man on all sidesMore quotes on the topics: development culture perfection equality
Quote 3017
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.More quotes on the topics: blessing work satisfaction heart passion duty distraction
Quote 3016
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.More quotes on the topics: nature sense recovery health distraction
Quote 3015
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.More quotes on the topics: thoughts friendship intentions lifetime pressure adventure
Quote 3014
In sorrow he learned this truth: Though one may return to the place of his birth, he cannot go back to his youthMore quotes on the topics: transience youth age sorrow truth homeland birth learning
Quote 3013
Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent timesQuote 3012
I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeralMore quotes on the topics: history emotions past antecedents
Quote 3011
We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of hurryQuote 3010
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mindMore quotes on the topics: satisfaction heaven mind character
Quote 3009
Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.More quotes on the topics: character weakness strength authority personality
Quote 3008
You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush.Quote 3007
To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterdayMore quotes on the topics: learning progress future decision aims
Quote 3006
Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religionMore quotes on the topics: universe enjoyment religion conviction nosiness
Quote 3005
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.More quotes on the topics: science development mankind success performance past religion
Quote 3004
One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought by thinkingMore quotes on the topics: power learning action thoughts mind education
Quote 3003
Time does not become sacred to us until we have lived itMore quotes on the topics: time living experience reality
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To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.More quotes on the topics: facts imaginations ideas fantasy performance
Quote 3001
Life is a struggle, but not a warfareMore quotes on the topics: lifetime effort fight quarrel duty
Quote 3000
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a manMore quotes on the topics: traveling society self-development
Quote 2999
If you think you can do it, you can.More quotes on the topics: courage self-confidence decision success confidence
Quote 2998
The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend itQuote 2997
How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last daysMore quotes on the topics: beauty admiration nature
Quote 2996
To me - old age is always ten years older than I amQuote 2995
The secret of happiness is having something meaningful to do, seeking purposeMore quotes on the topics: secret causes happiness duty work satisfaction
Quote 2994
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrificeMore quotes on the topics: worth patience love work diligence
Quote 2993
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody elseMore quotes on the topics: failure responsibility mistakes errors blame