All John Burroughs Quotes
- Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the… Behind
- Happiness comes most to persons who seek it least and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought, it is a… Follow
- Before the bud swells, before the grass springs, before the plough is started, comes the sugar harvest. It is sequel of the bitter frost; a… Bitter
- How many thorns of human nature - hard, sharp, lifeless protuberances that tear and wound us, narrow prejudices, bristling conceits that repel and disgust us… All
- The deeper our insight into the methods of nature . . . the more incredible the popular Christianity seems to us. Christianity
- Every day is a Sabbath to me. All pure water is holy water, and this earth is a celestial abode. Abode
- A man’s life may stagnate as literally as water may stagnate, and just as motion and direction are the remedy for one, so purpose and… Activity
- We cannot walk through life on mountain peaks. Cannot Walk
- I want nothing less than a faith founded upon a rock, faith in the constitution of things. The various man-made creeds are fictitious, like the… Aspiration
- To see Earth fully we already need to love it Earth
- Time does not become sacred to us until we have lived it. Become Sacred
- I see on a immense scale, and as clearly as in a demonstration in a laboratory, that good comes out of evil; that the impartiality… All
- The atmosphere of our time is fast being cleared of the fumes and deadly gases that arose during the carboniferous age of theology. Age
- Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, For lo!… Care
- One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought by thinking Action
- Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times All
- In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more… Achieve
- What a severe yet master artist old Winter is... No longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble and the chisel... Artist
- He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter. Admiration
- When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on… Bird
- It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter… Air
- One goes to Nature only for hints and half-truths. Her facts are crude until you have absorbed them or translated them ... It is not… Absorbed
- I think rain is as necessary to the mind as to vegetation. My very thoughts become thirsty, and crave the moisture. Crave
- The gift of perfume to a flower is a special grace like genius or like beauty, and never becomes common or cheap. Beauty
- I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather. Anxiety