If you think you can do it, you can. John Burroughs View this quote
Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world. John Burroughs
John Burroughs
Emerson was such an important figure in our literary history, and in the moral and religious development of our people, that attention cannot be directed to him too often. John Burroughs
Every day is a Sabbath to me. All pure water is holy water, and this earth is a celestial abode. John Burroughs
Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at all hours, and the bread and wine are from the heart and marrow of Mother Earth. John Burroughs
Father knew me not. All my aspirations in life were a sealed book to him, as much as his peculiar religious experiences were to me. John Burroughs
Fear, love, and hunger were the agents that developed the wits of the lower animals, as they were, of course, the prime factors in developing the intelligence of man. John Burroughs
Go to the sea or climb the mountain, and with the ruggedest and the savagest you will find likewise the fairest and the most delicate. The greatness and the minuteness of nature pass all understanding. John Burroughs
He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter. John Burroughs
How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. John Burroughs
How much there is in books that one does not want to know, that it would be a mere weariness and burden to the spirit to know. John Burroughs
American naturalist and essayist
April 3rd, 1837 - March 29th, 1921
