John Burroughs

20 quotes

"Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years."

John Burroughs

"To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine your facts is another."

John Burroughs

"I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy."

John Burroughs

"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

"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

"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

"The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it."

John Burroughs

"The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are."

John Burroughs

"The secret of happiness is something to do."

John Burroughs

"Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion."

John Burroughs

"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

"To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine your facts is another."

John Burroughs

"I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy."

John Burroughs

"The secret of happiness is something to do."

John Burroughs

"The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it."

John Burroughs

"Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years."

John Burroughs

"Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion."

John Burroughs

"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

"The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are."

John Burroughs

"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