Authors — Quotes

John Burroughs Quotes: 8

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.
Studies in Nature and Literature
One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring — these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
Leaf and Tendril
Leap and the net will appear
I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey.
The Summit of the Years
To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
The secret of happiness is something to do