John Burroughs Quotes

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.

To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.

Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

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.