John Burroughs Quotes

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

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.

Leap and the net will appear

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

The secret of happiness is something to do

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

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

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.

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.

I have loved the feel of the grass under my feet, and the sound of the running streams by my side. The hum of the wind in the tree-tops has always been good music to me, and the face of the fields has often comforted me more than the faces of men.