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John Burroughs
To learn something...
To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
Source: In The...
To treat your...
To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
The lure of...
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you...
A man can...
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
For anything worth...
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love,...
Joy in the...
Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all -- that has been my religion.
It is always...
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
One resolution I...
One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: 'To rise above little...
I have discovered...
I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something...
Some men are...
Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at...
If I were...
If I were to name the 3 most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature; and the greatest of...
I still find...
I still find each day too short for the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want...
Literature is an...
Literature is an investment in genius which pays back dividends to all subsequent times.
Time does not...
Time does not become sacred to us until we have lived it.
Source: In The Speaker's...
How beautifully leaves...
How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
Travel and society...
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a...
Temperament lies behind...
Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the...
The secret of...
The secret of happiness is something to do.
Source: In
Blessed is the...
Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a...
We can outrun...
We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of Hurry.