Following World War II, the U.S. was the architect of the UN system, and the world financial system, and the Human Rights… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Look up at the miracle of the falling snow,—the air a dizzy maze of whirling, eddying flakes, noiselessly transforming the world, the… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
The thing that I focus on because I don't think it gets enough attention is that among the world's major powers, there… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Look underfoot. You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Man is, and always has been, a maker of gods. It has been the most serious and significant occupation of his sojourn… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
The poor old earth which has mothered us and nursed us we treat with scant respect. Our awe and veneration we reserve… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
There is a condition or circumstance that has a greater bearing upon the happiness of life than any other. What is it?… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
There is an international treaty framework for this. It's the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Most countries in the world are members of… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world. — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
The naturist must see all things in the light of his experiences in this world. — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Emerson's fame as a writer and thinker was firmly established during his lifetime by the books he gave to the world. — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
There are nine countries in the world that have nuclear weapons. There are about 27,000 nuclear weapons total on the planet. The… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world. — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I am in love with this world . . . I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, sailed its waters, crossed… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
The overall quantity of nuclear weapons in the world continues to decline slowly. — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
The animal world seizes its food in masses little and big, and often gorges itself with it, but the vegetable, through the… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter. — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I do not think I exaggerate the importance or the charms of pedestrianism, or our need as a people to cultivate the… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
There tends to be this comfortable assumption that nuclear weapons won't be used, but I don't think that's warranted, and I think… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
The International Court of Justice (a.k.a. World Court) is the judicial branch of the United Nations and in the early 1990's a… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I am in love with this world. It has been my home. It has been my point of outlook into the universe.… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
We've been in a period of relative stability and cooperation since the end of the Cold War among the world's major powers,… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
One of the hardest lessons we have to learn in this life, and one that many persons never learn, is to see… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
No one else looks out upon the world so kindly and charitably as the pedestrian; no one else gives and takes so… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
[Invading Iraq] is not the best way to make a safer world in which the United States would be a responsible partner,… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
As life nears its end with me, I find myself meditating more and more upon the mystery of its nature and origin, yet without… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Certainly in the United States, you have a constituency in the form of the weapons laboratories, and you also have the branches of the… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
When Darwin published his conclusion that man was descended from an apelike ancestor who was again descended from a still lower type, most people… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Science sees the process of evolution from the outside, as one might a train of cars going by, and resolves it into the physical… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Maybe that will happen with other countries as well. And so, that's why one of the things that groups like mine that work for… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought by thinking — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
When the woodpecker is searching for food, or laying siege to some hidden grub, the sound of his hammer is dead or muffled and… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
One can return to their place of birth, but one cannot go back to your youth. — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
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