"How many thorns of human nature - hard,……" — John Burroughs

"How many thorns of human nature - hard, sharp, lifeless protuberances that tear and wound us, narrow prejudices, bristling conceits that repel and disgust us - are arrested developments, calcified tendencies, buds of promise that should have lifted a branch up into the sunny day with fruit; and flowers to delight the heart of men, but now all grown hard, petrified, for want of culture and a congenial soil and climate."

— John Burroughs

All Quotes Arrested Quotes Branch Quotes Branches Quotes Bristling Quotes Bud Quotes Buds Quotes Climate Quotes Conceit Quotes Conceits Quotes Congenial Quotes Culture Quotes Day Quotes Delight Quotes Development Quotes Developments Quotes Disgust Quotes Disgust Us Quotes Disgusting Quotes Flower Quotes Flowers Quotes Fruit Quotes Grown Quotes Grown Hard Quotes Hard Quotes Heart Quotes Human Quotes Human Nature Quotes Humans Quotes Into Quotes Lifeless Quotes Lifted Quotes Many Quotes Men Quotes Narrow Quotes Narrow Prejudices Quotes Nature Quotes Nature Hard Quotes Petrified Quotes Prejudice Quotes Prejudices Quotes Promise Quotes Protuberances Quotes Repel Quotes Sharp Quotes Should Quotes Soil Quotes Sunny Quotes Sunny Day Quotes Tear Quotes Tears Quotes Tendencies Quotes Thorns Quotes Up Quotes Us Quotes Want Quotes Wound Quotes Wound Us Quotes Wounds Quotes

122 Quotes by John Burroughs

John Burroughs has 122 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 122 quotes by John Burroughs »

More All Quotes

This quote is filed under All Quotes, one of 128,558 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally… — Hannah Arendt
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our… — Hannah Arendt
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all… — Hannah Arendt
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes… — Hannah Arendt
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of… — Hannah Arendt
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and… — Hannah Arendt
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is… — Pietro Aretino
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle

See all 128,558 All Quotes »