John Burroughs
John Burroughs
John Burroughswas an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the U.S. conservation movement. The first of his essay collections was Wake-Robin in 1871...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth3 April 1837
CountryUnited States of America
happiness inner-peace secret
The secret of happiness is something to do.
travel men stones
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
mind resolution
Nothing relieves and ventilates the mind like a resolution.
color sky blue
When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast.
flower book honey
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.
men water may
A man’s life may stagnate as literally as water may stagnate, and just as motion and direction are the remedy for one, so purpose and activity are the remedy for the other.
nature rain wind
I am in love with this world . . . 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.
music nature health
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
love life motivational
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
work blessed heart
Few persons realize how much of their happiness is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are busy and not left to feed upon themselves. Blessed is the person who has some congenial work, some occupation in which to place one's heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces that are in him or her.
attitude positive-thinking godly
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
inspirational life birthday
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.
inspirational funny new-year
One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.
inspirational gratitude morning
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.