Quotes by : John Burroughs

Happiness comes most to persons who seek it least and think least about it. It is not an object to be....

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

The animal world seizes its food in masses little and big, and often gorges itself with it, but the vegetable,....

A sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.....

Few persons realize how much of their happiness such as it is is dependent upon their work.

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and....

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think all the walks I want to take all....

The Infinite cannot be measured. The plan of Nature is so immense, but she has no plan, no scheme, but....

Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of....