The universe is so unhuman, that is, it goes its way with so little thought of man. He is but an incident, not an end. We must adjust our notions to the discovery that things are not shaped to him, but that he is shaped to them. The air was not made for his lungs, but he has lungs because there is air; the light was not created for his eye, but he has eyes because there is light. All the forces of nature are going their own way; man avails himself of them, or catches a ride as best he can. If he keeps his seat, he prospers; if he misses his hold and falls, he is crushed.
John BurroughsTags: science nature evolution
A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
John BurroughsTags: inspirational
One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.
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The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
John BurroughsThe lesson which life constantly repeats is to 'look under your feet.'
You are always nearer to the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive.
The great opportunity is where you are.
Do not despise your own place and hour.
Every place is under the stars.
Every place is the center of the world.
I am in love with this world... I have tilled its soil, I have gathered its harvest, I have waited upon its seasons, and always have I reaped what I have sown. I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, sailed its waters, crossed its deserts, felt the sting of its frosts, the oppression of its heats, the drench of its rains, the fury of its winds, and always have beauty and joy waited upon my goings and comings.
John BurroughsTags: nature
To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
John BurroughsI go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey.
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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.
John BurroughsTags: science nature universe simple-life
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice.
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