All John Burroughs Quotes
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
John Burroughs
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To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.
John Burroughs in
Age
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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.
John Burroughs in
Life
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I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
John Burroughs in
Nature
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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
John Burroughs
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Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.
John Burroughs
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Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.
John Burroughs in
Nature
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The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
John Burroughs
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Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.
John Burroughs
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There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
John Burroughs
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Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
John Burroughs
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To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
John Burroughs
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