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John Burroughs Quotes
Brief author info: John Burroughs (1837-1921) American naturalist, essayist, poet.
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The secret of happiness is something to do.
How much there is in books that one does not want to know, that it would be a mere weariness and burden to the spirit to know.
We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of Hurry.
I seldom ... go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.
One may return to the place of his birth, He cannot go back to his youth.
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.
One is tempted to say that the most human plants, after all, are the weeds.
I think rain is as necessary to my mind as to vegetation. My very thoughts become thirsty, and crave moisture.
The best promoter of health is something to do.
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Happiness Quote
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Wisdom Quote
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
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