John Burroughs Quotes

When a herd of cattle see a strange object, they are not satisfied till each one has sniffed it; and...

Birds and animals probably think without knowing that they think; that is, they have not self-consci...

The kingdom of heaven in not a place but a state of mind.

Serene I fold my hands and wait.

When the woodpecker is searching for food, or laying siege to some hidden grub, the sound of his ham...

Few persons realize how much of their happiness such as it is is dependent upon their work.

The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

Women are about the best lovers of nature, after all; at least of nature in her milder and more fami...

Fear, love, and hunger were the agents that developed the wits of the lower animals, as they were, o...

The Infinite cannot be measured. The plan of Nature is so immense, but she has no plan, no scheme, b...

Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage ...

The art of the bird is to conceal its nest both as to position and as to material, but now and then ...

Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no ...

I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own ho...

The universe is so unhuman, that is, it goes its way with so little thought of man. He is but an inc...

Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of...

Nature we have always with us, an in exhaustible store-house of that which moves the heart, appeals ...

A sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost...

To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

The secret of happiness is something to do

The dog is often quick to resent a kick, be it from man or beast, but I have never known him to show...

England is like the margin of a spring-run: near its source, always green, always cool, always moist...

Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or aeroplane, or be hurried up by telegraph or telephon...

Without the name, any flower is still more or less a stranger to you. The name betrays its family, i...

You can fail many times, but you're not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else.

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

To find the universal elements enough to find the air and the water exhilarating to be refreshed by ...

The secret of happiness is something to do.

Happiness comes most to persons who seek it least and think least about it. It is not an object to ...

Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark o...

He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration ...

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

Summer is more wooing and seductive, more versatile and human, appeals to the affections and the sen...

I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather.

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think all the walks I want to take ...

I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The momen...

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, ...

The animal world seizes its food in masses little and big, and often gorges itself with it, but the ...

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

How beautifully the leaves grow old. How full of light and colour are their last days.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self...

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

If you think you can do it, you can.

I am in love with this world... I have tilled its soil, I have gathered its harvest, I have waited u...

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, ...

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.

In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy da...

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else ...

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thin...

The common bees will never use their sting upon the queen; if she is to be disposed of, they starve ...

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

Man takes root at his feet, and at best he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage t...