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
John Burroughs quotes about
winter artist canvas
What a severe yet master artist old Winter is... No longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble and the chisel...
begins blame failure man somebody stops until
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins toblame somebody else and stops trying.
american-author facts imagination imagine treat
To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
american-author failure man somebody stops until
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.
carries heavy million veterans
He had 2.7 million veterans under him. He carries a pretty heavy stick.
music nature health
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
winter air fire
It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.
christianity incredibles method
The deeper our insight into the methods of nature . . . the more incredible the popular Christianity seems to us.
yield facts significant
Close scrutiny of an object in nature will nearly always yield some significant fact...
mountain-peaks mountain walks
We cannot walk through life on mountain peaks.
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.
4th-of-july independence july-4
That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges.
time fate hands
Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, For lo! my own shall come to me.
roots race tree
I came from a race of fishers; trout streams gurgled about the roots of my family tree.