Famous Quotes / John Burroughs
29 Quotations by John Burroughs
- 21. The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
- 22. The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always nearer th ...
- 23. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
- 24. The secret of happiness is something to do.
- 25. The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I s ...
- 26. The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of t ...
- 27. There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
- 28. To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed b ...
- 29. Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thin ...